The Best The Polar Regions Documentaries
97 hand-picked The Polar Regions documentaries, free to watch in HD and 4K on Dr Documentary.
Art Wolfe Finds Alaska & Antarctica's Untouched Wildlife - Real Wild2022•1h 53m•HD•★8.4
Cold Coasts: Life on the Arctic Edge2026•48m•4K•★8.3
Arctic Wildlife in Lapland: The Heart of an Untamed Paradise2025•1h 9m•4K•★8.3
Arctic Tundra: Life in the Frozen North2026•50m•4K•★8.2
World of the Wild: The Arctic2023•25m•4K•★8.2
Polar Day and Night: Wilderness of the Far North2026•1h 42m•HD•★8.2
Polar Day: Life in the Far North Wilderness2025•52m•HD•★8.2
Polar Night: Life in the Far North Wilderness2025•51m•HD•★8.2
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Unveiled2024•10m•4K•★8.1
Face to Face with Polar Bears2024•43m•4K•★8.1
Penguin Paradise: Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands2024•10m•4K•★8.1
Sea Ice Dangers: A Polar Bear Family Encounter2024•50m•4K•★8.1
Arctic Fox: A Hunt on the Cliff Edges of Svalbard2024•10m•4K•★8.1
Wild Canada: Polar Bears and Humpback Whales2025•52m•4K•★8.1
Masters Of Survival: How Zebras, Polar Bears and Chameleons Evade Predators2024•52m•HD•★8.1
African Penguins: The Last of Their Kind2025•51m•HD•★8.1
The Last Glaciers2022•1h 4m•HD•★8.1
WILD ANTARCTICA - Survival In The Harshest Place On Earth - 4K2025•1h 24m•HD•★8.1
Polar Worlds with Bertie Gregory2025•44m•4K•★8
Polar Bears of the Arctic2024•11m•4K•★8
The cold, hard edge of surfing - Red Bull Surfing Antarctica2022•2m•4K•★8
Antarctica: Emperor Penguins and the South Pole2024•26m•4K•★8
The Arctic Fox: Natures Winter Survivor2024•7m•4K•★8
The Chukchi Sea: Gateway to the Arctic2024•56m•4K•★8
Antarcticas Warriors: Penguin Life in 4K2024•26m•4K•★8
The Brutal Orca Takeover of the Arctic2026•53m•4K•★8
Discovering Dinosaurs in Frozen Antarctica2024•50m•4K•★8
Life of the Antarctic Penguins2024•3m•4K•★8
Antarctica: A Message From Another Planet2021•42m•HD•★8.0
Retracing Ernest Shackleton's Doomed Expedition to Cross the Antarctic2020•51m•HD•★8.0
Stalin's Lifeline: The Allied Convoys Through the Arctic2021•36m•HD•★8.0
Norway: Last Frontier of the Arctic2024•52m•HD•★8.0
March of the Penguins2011•1h 20m•HD•★8.0
Wildlife: Just Penguins2023•52m•HD•★8
Walk With the Wounded: Prince Harry's Arctic Heroes2019•46m•HD•★8.0
Climate Change: Europe's Melting Glaciers2019•42m•HD•★8.0
Prince Harry's Arctic Heroes2019•46m•HD•★8.0
Antarctica’s Alarming Changes: New Discoveries & Climate Crisis2025•52m•HD•★8.0
Journey to the Arctic's Most Isolated Landscape: Greenland2026•46m•HD•★8.0
Is It Possible to Source Clean Drinking Water From Icebergs?2026•51m•HD•★8.0
Komi, the Nomads From the Arctic Circle2021•49m•HD•★8.0
The Rise of ChinArctic2026•51m•HD•★8.0
A Land of Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes and Glaciers of the Eurasian Plate2025•50m•HD•★8.0
Komi, a Journey Across the Arctic2024•51m•HD•★8.0
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition2025•1h 37m•HD•★8.0
Storming Antarctica (Full Episode) | Continent 7: Antarctica2021•47m•4K•★7.9
Untouched Wilderness in America's Northernmost National Park - Gates of the Arctic2020•48m•4K•★7.9
Arctic Sinkholes I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS2022•53m•HD•★7.9
Antarctica (2026) The Forbidden Continent That Holds Earth's True History2025•1h 31m•HD•★7.9
Antarctica: Tales from the End of the World2023•52m•HD•★7.9
Lost Civilizations Beneath Antarctica? | Ancient Aliens | History2025•37m•HD•★7.9
Kayaking down the ICE WALL (extreme Arctic waterfall)2024•19m•HD•★7.9
Expedition Antarctica | Free Documentary2020•50m•HD•★7.9
Polar Extremes: Ice Worlds | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS2023•1h 53m•HD•★7.9
Free Climbing in Greenland (Full Episode) | Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold | National Geographic2026•46m•4K•★7.8
Emperor Penguin Societies (Full Episode) | Secrets of the Penguins | National Geographic2025•46m•4K•★7.8
Antarctica: The Alien Continent (4K)2025•32m•4K•★7.8
Wonders of the Arctic | Earth's Last Great Wilderness | Travel Documentary 4K2025•1h 4m•4K•★7.8
30 Minutes of Perfect Penguin Moments | BBC Earth2026•33m•4K•★7.8
ARCTIC: Life Beyond the Polar Circle | 4K Travel Documentary2025•2h 13m•4K•★7.8
South Georgia - Penguin Paradise of the South Atlantic2020•49m•4K•★7.8
Relax with Cute Ocean Animals! | 4K | 40 Minutes | Penguins, Polar Bears, & Crabs | @natgeokids2026•44m•4K•★7.8
Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold MEGA EPISODE | Climbing a 4,000 Foot Cliff | SPECIAL2024•1h 34m•4K•★7.8
Antarctica: Home at the End of the Earth (Full Episode) | Incredible Animal Journeys2024•45m•4K•★7.8
Best Penguin Moments | BBC Earth2024•24m•4K•★7.8
Animal Parents of the Arctic (Full Episode) | Incredible Animal Journeys | Nat Geo2024•45m•4K•★7.8
I got to test a new spacesuit in the Arctic for NASA's Artemis missions | My New Moon Suit2024•20m•HD•★7.8
Inside Greenland's Epic Arctic Shrimp Hunt - Life Aboard a Factory Trawler2026•46m•HD•★7.8
Invasion of the beavers: The Arctic will never be the same2025•44m•HD•★7.8
Antarctica: The Grand Episode2026•1h 24m•HD•★7.8
Alone Across the Arctic: The Adam Shoalts Expedition2023•1h 27m•HD•★7.8
A plane disappeared in 1950. 44 people vanished in the Arctic. What happened?2025•1h 28m•HD•★7.8
Backbreaking work: Deep-sea fishing in the Arctic Ocean2026•55m•HD•★7.8
By train from St. Moritz to the Matterhorn - The Glacier Express2022•42m•HD•★7.8
I Climbed An Iceberg For An Extreme Cliff Dive2026•32m•HD•★7.8
I Ate at the World's Most Remote Restaurant!! (North Pole)2025•39m•HD•★7.8
The melting ice of the Arctic (1/2)2022•42m•HD•★7.8
The melting ice of the Arctic (2/2)2022•42m•HD•★7.8
On The Edge: The People and Polar Bears of a Warming Arctic | 2025 documentary2025•51m•HD•★7.8
Extraordinary Penguin Moments | BBC Earth | BBC Studios2025•24m•HD•★7.8
Penguins: The Ultimate Survivors of the Frozen World2025•52m•HD•★7.8
THE ANTARCTICA | Survival in the Realm of Giants | Animal documentary2025•1h 32m•HD•★7.8
The South Pole (Full Episode) | Pole to Pole with Will Smith | National Geographic2026•46m•4K•★7.7
Alex Honnold Climbs a 4,000 Foot Sea Wall (Full Episode) | Arctic Ascent | National Geographic2026•49m•4K•★7.7
Polar Bears on the Edge of the Ice2024•53m•4K•★7.7
Polar (Full Episode) | Hostile Planet | National Geographic2024•47m•4K•★7.7
World’s First Iron Man in Antarctica – PROJECT ICEMAN (4K Full Film)2023•1h 53m•4K•★7.7
The Best of Polar Bears | BBC Earth2023•20m•4K•★7.7
Alex Honnold Survives Deadly Ice Falls (Full Episode) | Arctic Ascent | National Geographic2026•45m•4K•★7.7
Patagonia: Land of Glaciers, Wind and Fire2025•1h 8m•4K•★7.7
The Polar Vortex That Shook the World | Fatal Forecast 1032025•53m•4K•★7.7
How Snowy Owls Survive the Harsh Arctic Tundra | Nature Documentary2024•52m•4K•★7.7
Expedition Antarctica2024•50m•4K•★7.7
Clan of the North (Full Episode) | Kingdom of the Polar Bears2022•44m•4K•★7.7
Arctic Wildlife Wonders: A Frozen World Unveiled2023•45m•HD•★7.7
Antarctic Wonders: Wildlife in the Frozen Realm2026•16m•HD•★7.7
Helicopters Arctic Rescue: Risking All to Save Lives2024•52m•HD•★7.7About this collection
The Arctic and Antarctic are the fastest-changing places on Earth and among the hardest to film. This collection gathers 97 documentaries on the poles: the wildlife that survives there, the explorers who reached them, and what the retreating ice is telling us about the planet.