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s06e10 · 2025-11-10
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Ice Airport Alaska
Smithsonian Channel Documentary
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Ice Airport Alaska will chronicle 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 -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph. A new six part series on Smithsonian Channel.
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8 this season · 50 totals03e01 Holiday Whiteout 2023-01-09 02:00
Holiday Whiteout
Passenger numbers at Ted Stevens International Airport are up by 93%, but a freak storm is about to throw Christmas into chaos; at Fairbanks International Airport a 737 is forced to dock for the night and is in danger of freezing over.
s03e02 Cold Welcome 2023-01-16 02:00
Cold Welcome
Witnessing wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).
s03e03 Pararescue 2023-01-23 02:00
Pararescue
The crews at the Ice Airports must handle a premature birth, the theft of an ancient treasure and the arrival of a lost military hero.
s03e04 Lifelines 2023-01-30 02:00
Lifelines
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.
s03e05 Engine Failure 2023-02-06 02:00
Engine Failure
Military pilots perform a midair helicopter refueling, a veteran mechanic must fix the engine of a charter bound for the Arctic, and a cargo plane makes an emergency landing over Anchorage.
s03e06 Arctic Airlift 2023-02-13 02:00
Arctic Airlift
A husband-and-wife flight crew pulls off a difficult landing on a remote island, a helicopter pilot races against time to rescue a stranded plane, and a pilot-in-training faces a major test.
s03e07 Snow Jammed 2023-02-20 02:00
Snow Jammed
[EPG Series] Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).
s03e08 Thin Ice 2023-02-27 02:00
Thin Ice
A chopper flies a group of adrenaline junkies into the danger zone of Alaska's mountains