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Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

North-West Passage (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary
Billy finds the remains of a crashed Lancaster bomber when he visits the weather station on Resolute Island. Boarding a Russian cruise ship starts his journey across the Northwest Passage. A stop off at Beechey Island takes him to three ...See moreBilly finds the remains of a crashed Lancaster bomber when he visits the weather station on Resolute Island. Boarding a Russian cruise ship starts his journey across the Northwest Passage. A stop off at Beechey Island takes him to three graves from Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition. His fellow passengers get excited when a polar bear is spotted on a nearby island. An ice blockage forces the ship to find an alternative route. Another stop off at King William Island reveals how Franklin's expedition came to a rather gruesome end. He talks about how Roald Admundsen's later and more successful expedition did things much differently whilst in Gjoa Haven. A flight to Tuktoyaktuk sees him explore a huge underground freezer. Hitching a lift with an ice road trucker at Invuik sends him down the Dempsey Highway. A quick pit stop in McPherson takes him to the graves of four unfortunate Mounties. A helicopter flies him to the astonishing beauty that is the Tombstone Territorial Park. His hotel in the old Gold Rush town of Dawson City turns out to be a former brothel. A trip to where gold was first found in the area sees him pay a visit to a man who still works in the industry. Written by ThreePointFive See less
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Chris Malone
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Updated Mar 5, 2009
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Mar 5, 2009 (United Kingdom)
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