Top Gear: Polar Special (2007)
Clarkson and May, in a seriously modified Toyota, take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mil race to the North pole as they drive over thin ice to face in-tent hostilities, polar bear fear and desperate food fantasies.
- Date of release
- 2007-07-25
- TMDB
- 8.4 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy
- Director
- Nigel Simpkiss
- Collection
- Top Gear Specials Collection
Casting
- Jeremy Clarkson — himself
- Richard Hammond — himself
- James May — himself
- Ranulph Fiennes — Self
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Resolute, Bathurst Island, North Pole, and Arctic Ocean
Top Gear: Polar Special, also known as the Polar Challenge, is a special edition episode of BBC motoring programme Top Gear that was first broadcast on 25 July 2007 on BBC Two. The episode follows presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May in their successful attempt to be the first people to reach the 1996 position of the North Magnetic Pole in a motor vehicle. They did not, however, reach the actual position of the North Magnetic Pole at the time which in 2007 was 150 miles away. They were also 1200 miles away from the geographical North Pole.
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