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Ice Airport Alaska
Ice Airport Alaska

Ice Airport Alaska

—A chronicle of 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 -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
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  • Fuel's Gold

    Father-son aviators battle turbulence to refuel a remote mine, bush pilots fight an aerial jam to reach Alaska's biggest sled race, and the Coastguard turn a C-130 into a bomber to drop supplies on an isolated beach.
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  • Bear Knuckle Flight

    Fish and Wildlife aviators battle Arctic conditions to track down a polar bear population, a bush pilot races fading daylight to save a business, Anchorage field crews battle to clear an icy runway, and CBP officers investigate.
    Upcoming

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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • As winter approaches, the maintenance crews at Ted Stevens International Airport battle many elements to keep things running.

  • Thanksgiving weekend and severe storms challenge the staff at Ted Stevens Airport with heavy traffic, heavy snow, and even a lightning strike.

  • An electrical failure, a rogue moose, and a supply run challenge the staff and pilots at Ted Stevens Airport.

  • The arrival of U.S. evacuees escaping the coronavirus outbreak in China; a daring helicopter airlift; punishing snow.

  • Record snowfall and vicious headwinds threaten the runways and a seaplane pilot.

  • The Ted Stevens crew faces a host of challenges, including a truck accident, a record day of snowfall, and the return of a wild moose.

Record to Watch Later

29 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Wild Ice
    Snow, Sweat and Gears
    On Thin Ice
    Runway Mayday
    Thawed Out
    Flight of the Grizzly
    Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie
    The Flight Before Christmas
    Shivering Timbers
    Flight to Glory
  • Wild Ice

    Travelers from Anchorage get stranded halfway to an island in the Bering Sea, extreme skaters fly into the wilderness in search of Wild Ice, and Alaska's premium cargo airline fights to deliver a team of huskies.
    Upcoming
  • Snow, Sweat and Gears

    Alaska's aviators fly into the wild for the world's toughest snowmobile race, Anchorage mechanics wrestle with a damaged 737's jet engine, and scientists take to the air to fight back against floods devastating remote communities.
    Upcoming
  • On Thin Ice

    A bush plane resupply mission to homesteader on a frozen lake teeters on the brink of disaster, US Air Force fighter jets battle over the Alaskan tundra, and veterinarians fight winter storms to save a remote village from a deadly canine epidemic.
    Upcoming
  • Runway Mayday

    A 747 mayday triggers an emergency on Anchorage runways. A young aviator learns to fly to feed her village, military pilots navigate Alaska's icy peaks to be combat-ready, and an extreme surfer flies high to find waves at America.
    Upcoming
  • Thawed Out

    A fishing derby tests pilots; crews battle a rusty plane; an aviator must dream big or go broke.
    Upcoming
  • Flight of the Grizzly

    An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, Bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village; record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage airport for Thanksgiving and the U.S. Army prepares for airborne warfare in the Arctic.
    Upcoming
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A chronicle of 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 -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

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Kerry Shale

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