In the second part of the ARD series, the journey with meteorologist Sven Plöger takes us to Greenland: How is climate change altering the Arctic – and what impact will this have on the weather in Central Europe? To find out, the weather and climate expert ventures to a remote glacier where a unique series of measurements is being taken. He rides out gale-force winds and paddles in a kayak around icebergs as high as houses, which are driven into the Atlantic by the current.

Greenland, the largest island in the world, is more than 80 percent covered in ice. The white shell reflects most of the sun’s radiation back into space, acting as a heat shield for the planet. But now it is melting: a development that is also affecting global ocean and air currents. Together with researchers who have been following the retreat of the ice for years, Sven Plöger shows us on his travels how our own future is linked to that of the Arctic Ocean.

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Lars Abromeit     CAMERA & EDITOR: Jonas Sichert     SOUND: Maike Simon     COMMISSIONING EDITOR:  Julia Küssendorf (HR), Anne Holländer (SWR), Gabriele Trost (SWR)