Soon the Arctic will be ice-free in summer. While many are concerned about the consequences for the global climate, countries like Russia and the US, as well as China and Canada see an ice-free Arctic as an opportunity, offering everything from new trade routes to mineral resources and tourism.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/GystZIxWQ3o
In two episodes, this documentary reports on a region of the world that is changing dramatically because of climate change. This change affects the lives of the people who make their home in the Arctic, of course. The film team experiences first-hand what it means to live at the mercy of the forces of nature in this inhospitable region, which makes for an adventurous and frightening journey.
But the ramifications of an Arctic thaw are felt around the globe. Climate change is progressing faster here than in the rest of the world, and it is moving the Arctic into the focus of global politics. Littoral states and world powers are fighting for influence, here. At the heart of their interest: access to mineral resources and new transport routes. Because, as the ice melts, new, shorter shipping routes are opening up. Is a new conflict looming at the North Pole?
And how do the people in the far north experience the change in their environment? The film team travels through the northern reaches of the US, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. The journalists experience the wonder of nature in these regions and meet people who have adapted over centuries to life in these cold, inhospitable realms. Now, they face a new struggle, as global power players swoop in.
In the second part of the documentary, the film team boards a Norwegian frigate off Spitsbergen. There, they observe NATO’s response to the growing Russian influence in the region. This includes observation missions and an increased presence; there is even talk of bringing back submarines decommissioned since the end of the Cold War. Norway’s intelligence service has clearly observed a more aggressive Russian military presence in the Arctic in recent years. Apparently, Russia wants to make it clear that it can dominate the Arctic.
Indeed, Russia identified the Arctic as an important sphere of influence following the end of the Cold War, especially with regard to the Northeast Passage. Alexei Chekunkov, Russia’s Minister of Arctic Development, explains why: “The northern shipping route from China via Siberia and Scandinavia is 40 per cent shorter than the route via the Indian Ocean, the Suez Canal, and the Mediterranean.” Climate change, he said, represents an opportunity for Russia. But how to get energy to where it’s needed in northern Siberia? The “Akademik Lomonosov,” a floating nuclear power plant, may be one answer. Currently anchored in the port of Pevek, Russia’s northernmost city, it can supply energy to some 100,000 households. The region around Pevek, which until now was home to just a few miners and reindeer herders, is thus one of several jumping-off points for Russia’s tightening grip on the north.
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Great job
I recognize Time by Hans Zimmer from Inception. Fits perfectly with this awesome video. Thank you DW. You even talked about Canada.
Filmed DURING MELT SEASONS to try to trick you into bull💩 climate.
Just like EVERY YEAR in Australia FIRES but the (news) leaves out 90% of those fires are caused by BORED AUSTRALIAN KIDS ON THEIR SUMMER BREAKS
yes, in North East Greenland : plan for the worst and hope for the best.
And from experience the worst is always unexpected : we ended up seeking our gasoline barrels down the coastline for almost a km after the Nordendskjold Glacier calved [ Kaiser Frantz Joseph Fjord end glacier ] while we weren't at basecamp, and we were across the fjord at that time.], after that we had to be careful as water was mixed with it. ( and since it was also going to be used by another expedition in that area to ferry us back to where a Twin Otter could land the water had to be filtered out… luckily for me, I was the expedition logistic manager so I was busy making sure each box contained what it was suppposed to contain ( updating the content lists when needed ) and sorting stuff out while others dealt with the water gasoline issue. )
Edit : Now lets be honest, if you have the money ( it's not cheap ) and the opportunity, take it. It's something you will remember all your life.
We were deep in the National Park which added more than a few caveats and paperwork, but around the Scoresby Sund area is out of the Park area and is awesome enough.
PLANET EARTH PLACES 🇳🇬🌹
Goes ahead and asks a provocative question "what would happen if Norway invited US War Ships", the Russian guy goes we would invite our own and the reporter without any shame goes "this sound like a threat" haha
Gas and oil profits in exchange for constant droughts, fires and floods..
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Thank you. Interesting documentary & good use of "Inception music."
The eagle with two heads
Hats 👒 up sir for wonderful documentary amazing video graphics and heart touching music. Great work thanks DW.
Amazing that humans can operate there! With choices will the young people stay??
How dare these people eat whale. It's just a disgrace
A documentary at its excellences! Thank you!
A very good documentary.
Mr. Igor Ranov saying Russian TV makes him anxious. Putin has lost his sight of virtue and got his moral compass completely messed up. Causing so much anxiety and suffering by just one mentally corrupted man dragging everybody down with in it. So sad that we are getting to this point even now in the Artic for greed and chimeras of megalomania.
Who owns the Artic? The animals do 🐧🐻❄️
As far as Canada's Northern Territories including the Inter-Island water-ways, both USA and Russia can pi$$ off. Canadians know that both US and Russia travel through the Northern Route with their submarines in defiance of Canada but that will come to an end even if it has to come to a head. They are CANADIAN Territorial Waters and the Resources above and below belong to Canadians.
CANADA – Living the American Dream Without the Violence since 1867.
It's a wonderful documentary, no question. It takes us into so many areas we would otherwise never see, and I commend the efforts of all involved.
I have to point out a few confusing issues:
At 18:30, the sudden transition from the little plane we had come to know and love to a rendezvous on the Norwegian frigate… well, it needed at least a sentence of explanation. Something like "After landing on Spitzbergen we took a short boat trip to our next rendezvous."
The commentary is burdened by the need to push the "climate crisis" narrative. Anybody can see there is climate change, but a crisis? We have many environmental crises to deal with and climate change doesn't rate among them.
Though it was filmed before the Ukraine war, we get a bit of the "Russia bad, NATO good" narrative from the Norwegian side. I have to point out that NATO is the greatest threat to world peace and to the world environment. You only have to look at the Nordstream sabotage.