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The Platform Series

8 Details: 12 episodes
Director Andrey Kosargin
HD
2014
Available in English, Russian,
Spanish and Arabic

Russia's ‘Polar Star’ drilling rig is among the biggest in the world, able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew spend their days working with massive equipment on an artificial island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before the winter closes in. It’s a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

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The Platform. Episode 1 25:431 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 2 26:363 A group of new crew members have arrived after 24 hours of rough seas. Boatswain Pyotr Deshkovich tells us why a boatswain and a sergeant major in the army are so much alike and how he must interact with his fellow crew members. He manages the loading process, which proceeds slowly and carefully as the crew moves tonnes of equipment to the drillers every day. Ultimately the platform encounters shallow gas and the decision must be made whether or not to move the Polar Star to avoid a drilling catastrophe. How do the crew members deal with living in such close quarters?

The Platform. Episode 3 26:32 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 4 26:291 Aleksandr Leshukov visits the doctor. The ship is equipped with a clinic that features the latest equipment; it's so large that the crew refers to it as his "penthouse". The crew talks about where and how the platform was built, and is tasked with lifting a massive pipe from the bottom of the seabed that weighs tonnes. How do they pull it off? We find out why seaman Dmitry Lobanov likes the platform more than the ships he's worked on. What is driller Sergey Kharakhorkin responsible for and why doesn't it allow him to be "a nice guy"? How big are the losses when the drilling grinds to a halt? How long does he think it will take the team to become a truly efficient team?

The Platform. Episode 5 26:32 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 6 26:29 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 7 26:19 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 8 26:10 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 9 26:34 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 10 26:36 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 11 26:37 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.

The Platform. Episode 12 26:00 The Polar Star is among the biggest in the world, and is able to drill to unprecedented depths. The platform's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island exposed to the elements in the subarctic sea. Fortunes rest on striking gas in just 30 days, before winter closes in. It's a job that calls for discipline, determination and nerves of steel in an environment that can be deadly.