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1. Orions belte (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Thriller
A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station and they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.
Directors: Ola Solum, Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Kjersti Holmen
Votes: 2,171
2. Pole to Pole (1992– )
50 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael Palin undertakes a journey by the most direct route possible with the most land to cross from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen, Graham Hancock
Votes: 1,426
3. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,220
4. When the Light Comes (1998)
115 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Francesca Vanthielen, Joachim Król, Rick Engelkes, Reidar Sørensen
Votes: 471
5. Drowning in Plastic (2018 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Can we turn back the plastic tide - before it's too late?
Director: Tom Watt-Smith | Star: Liz Bonnin
Votes: 127
6. Fram (2019)
51 min | Documentary
Two friends are travelling to the end of the earth to dance in the polar wilderness of Svalbard. On the way, they explore the history of our ideas of the Arctic, along with the grand questions of life, art and our place in the world.
Directors: Thomas Freundlich, Valtteri Raekallio | Stars: Thomas Freundlich, Jarmo Koski, Valtteri Raekallio
7. Nature's Microworlds (2012– )
Documentary
Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems
Star: Steve Backshall
Votes: 62
8. Queen Without Land (2018)
70 min | Documentary
A dramatic encounter between Frost, a loving polar bear mother, and Asgeir Helgestad, a Norwegian wildlife filmmaker, documenting how climate change affects the lives of all living in the melting archipelago of Svalbard.
Director: Asgeir Helgestad | Star: Asgeir Helgestad
Votes: 39
9. Svalbard i plast (2020 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
There has never been so much plastic on Svalbard as there is now. As a result, animals and birds are seriously endangered. Polar scientist Børge Ousland is on the scene to document the situation.
Director: Ivonne Salo | Star: Børge Ousland
10. Svalbard: Het land der koude kusten (1965)
50 min | Documentary
Directors: Jozef Coolsaet, Jos De Cock, Manus van der Kamp | Star: Jozef Coolsaet
12. Ex Nihilo (2017)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Ex Nihilo is an experimental short documentary about life, death and our attempts to control them. It tells the stories of an advanced humanoid robot, a cryonics facility, where the brains ... See full summary »
Director: Timo Wright
13.
Spy in the Wild (2017–2020)
Episode:
The Poles
(2020)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
On their final mission of the season, the show's robotic spies infiltrate the animals living at the poles including king penguins, walruses, polar bears, puffins, elephant seals, guillemot birds, Arctic foxes, Arctic wolves and muskoxen.
Star: David Tennant
Votes: 28
14.
Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode:
Europe: A Turbulent Future
(2012)
TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History
Africa's on again off again dance with Europe causes dramatic changes in the Medeterranean region and ongoing dangers from earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. In the not so distant past ... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Hooke, Yanick Rose | Stars: Pascal Bernard, Tim Bodin, Stéphane J. Bureau, Antonio Caruso
Votes: 10
15.
CaspianReport (2010– )
Episode:
Why Russia wants to restore the Soviet borders
(2021)
17 min | Documentary
Moscow has used vast tracks territory as security for centuries. Even today it's vast western territories surrounded by geographic barriers give it secure northern, eastern and southwestern... See full summary »
Star: Shirvan Neftchi
16.
Futurama (1999– )
Episode:
The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
(2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Three separate holiday stories: X-mas, Robanaca and Kwanzaa. 1. Once more Robot Santa comes to town. Besides the violence he spreads, this time he sings to the crew of the pine tree that ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Claffey | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 2,146
17.
Nature's Microworlds (2012– )
Episode:
Svalbard
(2012)
Documentary
Survival on Svalbard, alias Spitzbergen, inside the Artic circle, requires dealing with extreme cold. Top predator is the polar bear, his favorite prey the masterly fishing seal, while ... See full summary »
Star: Steve Backshall
Votes: 7
18.
Traveling with Denella Ri'chard (2022– )
Episode:
The Arctic and Antarctica
(2022)
TV-PG | Reality-TV
Journey to Antarctica and the Arctic. Experience each region's sublime mystique and distinct beauty, and tune into their unique rhythms. Over the centuries, hardy explorers tested their wills against these unforgiving environments.
Director: Fredrick Custard | Stars: Alex McNeil, Carlos Ramirez, Denella Ri'chard
19.
Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode:
Norvège du Nord
(2022)
Documentary
A nice journey of Philippe from the island of Spitzberg in the Svalbard archipelago (the visit of the coal mine with the little train, Longyearbyen, the meeting with the Lutheran female ... See full summary »
Directors: Philippe Gougler, David Perrier | Star: Philippe Gougler
20.
Tom Scott (2006–2024)
Episode:
What's The Doomsday Seed Vault Really For?
(2015)
TV-G | 2 min | Documentary
You might have heard of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: it's called the "doomsday vault", the backup of last resort for if the apocalypse happens. Except - well, perhaps that's a bit too dramatic.
Star: Tom Scott
21.
Tom Scott (2006–2024)
Episode:
The Sundial That Works 24 Hours A Day
(2015)
TV-G | 2 min | Documentary
In Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle, there's a sundial that works 24 hours a day. Sort of. When it's sunny. Which it wasn't. Basically, don't rely on this for telling the time.
Star: Tom Scott
22.
Tom Scott (2006–2024)
Episode:
How To Visit Svalbard
(2015)
TV-G | 9 min | Documentary
I had an enormous amount of B-roll footage of Svalbard that I couldn't use, and the internet had a lot of questions about how to get there. Time to solve both those problems in one go.
Star: Tom Scott
23.
Tom Scott (2006–2024)
Episode:
The Islands Where Guns are Required
(2015)
TV-G | 2 min | Documentary
Welcome to Svalbard, a group of islands in the High Arctic, north of Norway; the one place on the planet where carrying a gun is a legal requirement, and for a very good reason.
Star: Tom Scott
24.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Gasp
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
An astronaut's view of the incredible Earth systems that allow life to breathe.
Director: Graham Booth | Stars: Will Smith, Chris Hadfield, Felipe Gómez Gómez, Kidane Belay
Votes: 611
25.
Villien jäljillä (2018– )
Episode:
Mursu
(2018)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Lotta Stenroos | Stars: Kimmo Ohtonen, Pirjo Heikkilä