Ice Airport Alaska will chronicle the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph. A new six part series on Smithsonian Channel.
A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run. The US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Artic-sports phenom flies.
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s05e06Avalanche Warning2024-12-0202:00⌄
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Avalanche Warning
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2024-12-02 ·
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Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International. A bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival.
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s05e07The Big Chill2024-12-0902:00⌄
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The Big Chill
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2024-12-09 ·
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A DC-6 flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test.
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s05e08Sunspot2024-12-1602:00⌄
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Sunspot
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2024-12-16 ·
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Two pilots try and build a bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska.
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s05e09Runway Meltdown2024-12-2301:00⌄
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Runway Meltdown
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2024-12-23 ·
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A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's airframe land on ice to prove it can be the future of bush flying. Trainee plane mechanics face a crucial test, and an airport night guardian calls time.
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s05e10Flight of the Goose2024-12-2302:00⌄
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Flight of the Goose
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2024-12-23 ·
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The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operational, An athlete flies to a dangerous airport for a glacier race. Fairbanks crews fight an avian invasion, and after a decade in a museum, a Grumman Goo.
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