Curated Video
Beyond Warmth: The Science of Cold-Weather Gear
Follow the journey of explorer Nicolas Vanier as he trains in the Vercors region and embarks on a challenging trek across Siberia. This documentary examines the cutting-edge textile technologies that keep him warm in extreme sub-zero...
The Art Assignment
Art You Can't Get To
In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John Green ponders his fascination with this object and the...
NASA
NASA | A Selective History of Sea Ice Observations, Part 1
Arctic sea ice has been been the last frontier of the North for thousands of years, turning back seafarers, testing the mettle of explorers, and providing a way of life for people circling the top of the world. This animated timeline...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Greely Expedition
This great resource from American Experience provides a vast amount of information about the ill-fated Greely Expedition to the high Arctic in 1881. You can watch the video [52:11] online, find an interactive map of the Greely...