Prize of the Pole | Promo
Preview: Season 1 Episode 10 | 30s
Confronting the unsettling history brought by the American who “conquered" the North Pole.
In 1897, Robert E. Peary, the first American to “conquer" the North Pole, brought back six polar Inuit to create an exhibition at a New York museum. The only one who survived was a young boy. Peary’s Inuit great-grandson confronts this unsettling history when he makes an expedition to his ancestral home in order to discover his cultural legacy.
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Funding for season one of Doc World provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the Center for Asian American Media.
Prize of the Pole | Promo
Preview: Season 1 Episode 10 | 30s
In 1897, Robert E. Peary, the first American to “conquer" the North Pole, brought back six polar Inuit to create an exhibition at a New York museum. The only one who survived was a young boy. Peary’s Inuit great-grandson confronts this unsettling history when he makes an expedition to his ancestral home in order to discover his cultural legacy.
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Preview: S1 Ep10 | 1m 8s | Confronting the unsettling history brought by the American who “conquered" the North Pole. (1m 8s)
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Funding for season one of Doc World provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the Center for Asian American Media.