[Polar Challenge Special] July 25th, 2007

[Stang70Fastback]

Originally Posted by ABxCD

did THEY ever say hammond made it? i remember something like "hammond never made it to the pole" but don't really know whether it was said in the show or written in one of the weblogs...

but i'm pretty sure they never said in the show that hammond made it to the pole...

IDK. You might be right, but all I know is that the impression I got from the episode was the he at least made it ALMOST all the way before being beaten by the truck... but apparently it was never much of a race, according to this guys post.

[janstett]

Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback

While I know that Top Gear is edited somewhat and not everything is as it happened, I much confess I was very disappointed reading this. It makes it sound like the whole thing was COMPLETELY fake. Why, if Hammond left a day before, didn't they just SHOW that?! And if he only got halfway, I don't want them to pretend that he did go all the way. It kind of makes me mad that it was THAT badly altered for the TV...

That said, I really enjoyed watching this a while back... I just happened to discover this now and it's kind of disheartening.

Yeah but I think when originally aired we found out the following too:

- They didn't go to the actual North Pole, they were going for the Magnetic North Pole which is much closer.
- They didn't go to the actual Magnetic North Pole but to where it was around 30 years ago, which is much closer.
- They weren't the first car to go there, as there is a group that makes the trek every year.

I still think it was phenomenal (especially poor Hammond you could see the frustration and exhaustion in his face and it was all for naught). But I know they have to simplify things for TV and they went through so much, why lie to us?

[GullWing]

I actually bought a multi-region DVD player so I could buy and watch this and other TG DVDs.

Totally worth it.

[shancmf]

I just had to go back & watch this ep again! (also, I didn't realise just how much Dave cuts out! Shocker!)

Originally Posted by hangthedj

I particularly like the Icelandic technician who gave the thumbs up and said "Great success!!"

that was amazing, all I could think of was Borat hahaha
& of course, Jeremy's reaction to the wine, priceless! Absolutely brilliant episode

[Sovereign001]

It was one of the most beautiful episodes i have ever seen!

I felt emotional when Richard was having a hard time but i laughed when he came angry and said, " we are alone and i have this!" (this = shuffel? tool to dig? english is not my native language)

Jeremy and James having a gin-tonic while driving, my god, beautiful episode!