On Thin Ice (TV Series)
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On Thin Ice is a documentary following a team of three consisting of Ben Fogle
, James Cracknell
, and Ed Coats in their epic race across Antarctica to the South Pole
. The series covers the whole experience, beginning with training efforts in Switzerland and vigorous exercises elsewhere. The team began their race to the South Pole shortly after New Year's Day 2009. The series also covers the various calamities experienced by Ben Fogle, who only a short while before the trip had contracted a highly dangerous tropical skin-eating disease (Cutaneous leishmaniasis
).
The series was aired on BBC Two
during the months of June and July 2009.
The series consists of five episodes. Episodes 1–3 focus on the team's preparations and training for the event, particularly the recruitment of the third team member (provisionally Johnny Lee Miller, whose work commitments led to his replacement by Ed Coats). Episodes 4 and 5 focus on the race itself and notably the physical and emotional strains put on the individual men, and team as a whole.
Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle is an English television presenter, adventurer and writer.-Early life:Fogle is the son of actress Julia Foster and broadcasting veterinary surgeon Bruce Fogle...
, James Cracknell
James Cracknell
James Cracknell, OBE is a British rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist and adventurer. Cracknell is married to TV and radio presenter Beverley Turner; they have three children. In the New Year Honours List, 2004, he was appointed OBE for services to sport...
, and Ed Coats in their epic race across Antarctica to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
. The series covers the whole experience, beginning with training efforts in Switzerland and vigorous exercises elsewhere. The team began their race to the South Pole shortly after New Year's Day 2009. The series also covers the various calamities experienced by Ben Fogle, who only a short while before the trip had contracted a highly dangerous tropical skin-eating disease (Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most common form of leishmaniasis. It is a skin infection caused by a single-celled parasite that is transmitted by sandfly bites...
).
The series was aired on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
during the months of June and July 2009.
The series consists of five episodes. Episodes 1–3 focus on the team's preparations and training for the event, particularly the recruitment of the third team member (provisionally Johnny Lee Miller, whose work commitments led to his replacement by Ed Coats). Episodes 4 and 5 focus on the race itself and notably the physical and emotional strains put on the individual men, and team as a whole.