Chavala Madlena

Chavala Madlena is known for his work on Youthh Knows No Pain (2009), Frontline (1983) and True North (2018).

Recent Episodes

TRUE NORTH

The episode examines the devastating effects of commercial industries on the arctic environment. John interviews Greenpeace Norway members and tours their ship.

Apr 30, 2020
18 minutes

TRUE NORTH

In part 2 of the mini polar expedition, Chavala and John go hiking on a glacier and a polar bear scare leaves the group on high alert.

Apr 30, 2020
16 minutes

TRUE NORTH

Svalbard was established by adventurers - people who weren’t phased by the idea of encountering polar bears or frigid temperatures - and many people today come north to carry on that tradition. John and Chavala venture into the Arctic wilderness with two local guides, Magnus and Harry, to put their survival skills to the test on their own mini polar expedition.

Apr 30, 2020
18 minutes

TRUE NORTH

Wanting to avoid human traffickers, difficult border crossings, and dangerous seas of the southern European migrant route - refugees have been crossing in the thousands through Russia’s Arctic region into Norway. We will look at the Arctic’s history of championing the rights of refugees, speak with Merete and Randi who are refugee resettlement workers in the border town of Kirkenes, and meet Rana and her family from Syria who have made this polar region their home.

Apr 30, 2020
17 minutes

TRUE NORTH

We follow oceanographer Amelie Meyer and a team of French and Norwegian researchers aboard the RV Lance as they send out an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to collect data from hundreds of miles away.

Apr 30, 2020
23 minutes