Melting: Last Race to the Pole

Join us on the most gruelling hike, in ‐30ºC weather, in this documentary charting almost two months in the most desolate place on Earth - where everything you encounter is trying to kill you. Discovery follows adventurers Eric Larsen, one of the world's most accomplished polar explorers, and Ryan Waters, a veteran mountaineer and guide, as they attempt an epic ski expedition to the North Pole. Over the course of their journey, they contend with dangerous storms, hungry polar bears, fuel and food shortages, injury, and rapidly thinning ice. They do this all unaided and unsupported, meaning they must pull everything needed to survive in two 300-pound sleds with only their own manpower. Fewer than 250 people have ever traversed the Arctic from land to the geographic North Pole, and of that small fraternity, only 50 have done it unsupported and unaided. Eric and Ryan struggle to survive the dynamic, changing nature of this hostile landscape - will they be successful in their quest? (Discovery Networks)