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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.