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New Reality Show For ITV
ITV has commissioned a new series for 2010 called 71 Degrees North.
Set in Scandinavia, the show will test the mettle of two teams of celebrities as they compete to reach the North Cape in one of the most alien environments on the planet.
Filmed entirely on location in Norway, the two teams will compete in one of the coldest regions of the world where temperatures regularly drop as low as -51 degrees C. Each episode will feature one challenge in which the celebrities work in their teams to win victory but each week one celebrity will return home. Every challenge will not only test the individuals’ skills but also their ability to work in a team in the most adverse of conditions.
Designed to test the celebrities’ physical and mental strength, the challenges feature demanding sports and activities that are specific to the area as the teams continue their quest to reach their final destination of the North Cape. Celebrities will have to perform in the most arduous conditions as they swim in frozen fjords, climb ancient and perilous glaciers, parachute into the snowy mountains, undertake five hours of white water rafting, dive into the icy sea and kayak in the midnight sun as they continue their quest to reach the North Cape.
Layla Smith ITV’s Controller of Entertainment said ‘To compete in one of the most alien environments in the world will test the celebrities in ways we've never seen before. It will be fascinating to see how they cope in this exhilarating and beautiful landscape.'
Based on a format by Nordisk, the series has played for 11 series in Norway as well as seasons in Belgium and Holland.
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