Steve Backshall's Royal Arctic Challenge | Preview (ITV1)

A film following environmentalist Steve Backshall retracing a young Prince Charles’ 1975 arctic adventure as His Majesty The King speaks to Steve about the impact of climate change.

This brand-new documentary follows adventurer Steve Backshall as he looks at the impact of climate change first-hand, with an unprecedented discussion with King Charles about the devastating effects as well as looking back at rare archive footage from the 1975 Arctic trip.

The spectacular and dramatic feature-length film will be shown as part of ITV’s Christmas schedule and will see environmentalist and adventurer Steve Backshall retrace the monarch’s steps from his 1975 trip to the Canadian Arctic exactly fifty years on, rediscovering the young Prince Charles’ extreme sense of adventure, enjoying the warmth and spirit of local people, and finding out how much has changed fifty years on.

Steve Backshall said: "To see the Arctic through the King’s eyes – then and now – was both inspiring and sobering. Standing where the King once stood, diving beneath the same Arctic ice he explored half a century ago, was humbling beyond words. His Majesty was raising the alarm for the natural world long before most of us realised how urgent that call would become. His commitment to protecting our planet runs through every fibre of this story."

Steve Backshall's Royal Arctic Challenge airs Monday 15th December at 9pm on ITV1.