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Will Smith’s Pole-to-Pole Nat Geo Series Streams on Disney+ Jan. 14, TV Premiere Jan. 19

The seven-part National Geographic series uses extreme travel with scientific reporting to probe humanity’s relationship to the planet.

Overview

  • Seven episodes chronicle a 100‑day expedition across all continents, from Antarctic ice fields to the Ecuadorian Amazon.
  • Will Smith describes the journey as unlike anything he had done before and says he sometimes feared he might not make it home.
  • The opening Antarctica chapter features winds at minus 73°C and an ice‑wall climb guided by extreme athlete Richard Parks, plus visits to a remote research station studying climate history.
  • Each episode links field science with local knowledge, covering themes such as endangered South Pacific languages, wellbeing in the Himalaya, and ecological insights from the Kalahari.
  • The series is available on Disney+ starting Jan. 14, with the German TV premiere on National Geographic set for Jan. 19 at 21:45.