Synopsis
Naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall leads a team on a mission to summit a remote and unclimbed mountain deep in Greenland's Arctic wilderness.
- Programme: Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall
- Episode: 2: Arctic Part 2
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Geography
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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