Operation Arctic

Simon Reeve travels to an unspoiled corner of Greenland that could become one of the biggest uranium mines in the world, and Kate Humble follows the oil money that has shaped Alaska.

Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve visit the polar bear capital of the world, tiny Churchill in Manitoba, Canada. Gordon meets the police officers tasked with keeping the town and its inhabitants safe.

Kate Humble meets Inuit artists inspired by the changing world around them, and Gordon Buchanan finds out how the town of Churchill deals with its more troublesome bear visitors.

Gordon Buchanan heads to Canada at the peak of bear season to discover what life is really like in the tiny town of Churchill, Manitoba, which has become known as the polar bear capital of the world.