It is late July and the Northwest Passage is still choked with ice. In the small, gorgeous village of Ilulissat, Greenland, a motley collection of Arctic voyagers assembles to prepare for their expeditions. While they wait for the sea to melt, they frolic amid the astonishing beauty and lurking danger in a vast maze of icebergs. Finally setting sail, they must learn to navigate both Arctic waters and the discomforts of long confinement in a small vessel. The episode features a haunting performance by Norwegian Terje Isungset, on instruments made of ice.
