Ice Town: Life on the Edge: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere. Take a trip to the most northerly town on the planet for this gripping docu-soap charting the real-life highs and lows of its quirky inhabitants. The series is set in the town of Longyearbyen, an isolated outpost in the breathtaking wilderness of the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and Greenland. As well as its mining business, Svalbard houses the global seed vault and is at the centre of worldwide research into polar bears, climatology and glaciology. As a result it is home to a unique expat community made up of 46 different nationalities, including American, British and Norwegian. With extreme arctic conditions, three months of total darkness and the ever-present danger of polar bears, this is not your average neighbourhood - and these are certainly not your average characters!

Series details

• Title: Ice Town: Life on the Edge
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-08-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-10-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC America
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 44019
• IMDb ID: tt6100420
• TVDB ID: 325403

Cast and credited roles

• Stephen Mangan — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-08-28; final listed air date 2016-10-30; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ice Town: Life on the Edge on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.