From Alaska To Greenland: Journeying In The Arctic Circle

From a headland in Alaska's far northwest to the eastern coast of Greenland, from the bright nights of the Arctic spring to the icy, endless polar night. There are people living thousands of kilometers apart here and yet they still live in the same place - the Arctic Circle. We journey with the last Arctic nomads through the dreamlike landscapes of the Tundra and fly over mountain peaks that have never been named. We celebrate the whale catching festival with the Inuit people, who have lived in harmony with the inhospitable Arctic Sea since time immemorial. With the Gwich'in Indians we fall under the spell of the Porcupine River. We meet the most solitary frontier-guard in America, an impassioned musk ox counter and a long disclaimed grandson of the discoverer, Roald Amundsen. Local inhabitants take us to see polar bears, grizzlies and herds of reindeer. This is a journey through time - not merely from the midnight sun to the polar night - but also through the everyday world of the Inuit, which is changing quickly. For a long time they have been facing the same fate that threatens the polar bears, because their homeland, which has always provided food for the hunt, is literally melting away. "The fate of the Arctic", says one Inuit activist, "is a barometer for the entire globe."

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