Melting: Last Race to the Pole - VIDEO
You wouldn't know it judging by the cold snap that currently has BC in it's grips, but global warming is an issue that is affecting our year to year snow pack totals (among other things) and Eric Larsen's recent North Pole expedition aims to raise awareness and do something about it.
Check out the following trailer for his soon-to-be released video and more details below:
As if 60-below-zero temperatures, gale-force winds and hungry polar bears weren’t enough to make a 480-mile race to the North Pole highly improbable, what happens when the ice is falling away right under your feet? A journey already dangerous and brutally taxing to the max may soon become impossible.
On Wednesday, Dec. 9, Animal Planet takes on the topic of climate change with the two-hour special, Melting: Last Race to the Pole.
Melting follows polar explorer Eric Larsen and extreme mountaineer Ryan Waters in their harrowing attempt to make it to the North Pole faster than anyone else in history—while on their own, pulling everything they need on two 320-pound sleds.
Shooting their own footage, the experienced explorers discover a rapidly melting ice cap leaving thinning ice, deep trenches and more open water as a result of global warming, they believe, along with many scientists. “Telling the story of the North Pole and a melting Arctic Oceans has been the primary mission in my life for over 10 years,” Larsen says. “Partnering with Animal Planet is an incredible opportunity to bring this message to a global audience.”
Get a sneak peek of the movie here.