GOING NORTH

• Genre: Exploration and Environmental Science
   
• Locations: Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Austria and the Netherlands
   
• Delivery: Summer 2008
   
• Broadcast Partners:  the AVRO- Nederland Three
   
• Length: A five part series
   
• Title: Going North
   
• In association with deepeei film productions

After Australia, Greenland is the largest island on our Planet, covering 2,166,086 sq kilometers and with a population of only approximately 57,000 people.

A fragile 85 percent of the island is ice cap and a team of six intrepid Dutch explorers, led by Henk-Jan Geel. Will attempt to cross from West to East covering a total of 600 kilometers unaided across this pristine white wilderness.

The team will be filming their own video diaries about their fears and triumphs; this will be complemented with 'Fly-on-the-Wall' documentary techniques and interviews to camera before, during and after the expedition.

We will be there to record their story from planning to training, from their amazing sledge pulling attempt to life on the ice cap itself.

Not only the team, but the film makers will have to endure extremely low temperatures, biting winds, crevasses and the constant risk of the 'Red List' endangered Polar Bear.

Our goal will be to discover why the team wants to undertake such a challenge.

We will also be addressing the issue of climate change and the global impact of the loss of the ice caps.

The team is supported by the 'HIER Campaign' and the UNEP [United Nations Environment Program].

Check out the teams' website at www.Projectinlandice.com

View 'Going North' on demand: goingnorth.avro.nl