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I'M JEREMY WADE.

FISH ON!
FISH ON!

I'VE TRAVELED
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

IN SEARCH OF RIVER MONSTERS,

TRACKING DOWN AQUATIC KILLERS
IN RAGING RIVERS,

DENSE JUNGLES,
AND REMOTE CORAL REEFS.

BUT NOW IN THE CHILLY WATERS

OF THE COAST
OF MY NATIVE ENGLAND,

A MONSTER HAS COME TO ME.

IT WAS ENORMOUS.

IT WAS LIKE JAWS.

WHAT IS THIS MYSTERIOUS
CREATURE IN MY OWN BACKYARD

AND WHAT'S IT DOING HERE?

IS IT A NEW PREDATOR TO FEAR?

SOME OF THE ENCOUNTERS
I'VE HAD

HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY SCARY.

I CONSIDER THEM TO BE
LIKE AN OPPORTUNISTIC PREDATOR.

MY INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE ME
TO THE ROOF OF THE WORLD

TO FIND OUT WHAT'S LIVING
IN THE MYSTERIOUS

FROZEN SEAS
AROUND ARCTIC, GREENLAND.

YES, THIS IS A BIG ONE.

AND ON TO THE ICY
NORWEGIAN FJORDS,

FISHING DEEPER THAN
I'VE EVER FISHED BEFORE.

YES, YES,
HERE WE GO.

YEAH!

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ON THIS BRITISH BEACH,
ONE DAY IN 2013,

SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL
WASHED UP ON THE SHORE,

A MYSTERIOUS 9-FOOT-LONG
SEA MONSTER.

THE CREATURE WAS DISCOVERED
ON THE SAND

SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE.

BOAT CAPTAIN ANDREW DOUGLAS

WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
ON THE SCENE.

IS THIS WHERE IT WAS?

I GOT A CALL TO SEE THAT THERE
WAS A BIT OF A CREATURE

OR SOMETHING ON THE BEACH.

SO, WORD WAS SPREADING.

WORD WAS SPREADING, AND THE
LOCALS WERE STARTING TO TALK.

BUT WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS MONSTER-LIKE.

MONICA KERNEL WAS
ON A MORNING JOG

WHEN SHE STUMBLED
ACROSS THE BIZARRE BEAST.

I WAS THINKING, "OH,
IT'S PROBABLY A DEAD SEAL."

AS I GOT CLOSER, I THOUGHT,
"WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT A SEAL,

MAYBE IT'S A WHALE."

AND IT WASN'T REALLY
UNTIL I LOOKED CLOSER AT IT.

IT HAD TEETH
LIKE A SHARK.

IT WAS ENORMOUS.

IT WAS LIKE JAWS
OR SOMETHING.

THE DISCOVERY SENT SHOCKWAVES

THROUGH THE QUIET
SEASIDE COMMUNITY.

THE INITIAL CONSENSUS
WAS THAT IT WAS

SOME KIND OF MONSTER SHARK,

BUT WHAT KIND EXACTLY?

IT TURNS OUT THIS SHARK
SPECIMEN WAS SO UNUSUAL

AND SO IMPORTANT THAT SCIENTISTS
WANTED IT PRESERVED.

SO, IT WAS PUT ON ICE.

IT WAS TRANSPORTED
ALMOST 350 MILES TO HERE --

THE NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUM IN LONDON.

I'VE BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION
TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES

TO THE TANK ROOM,

WHICH HOUSES ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT FISH COLLECTIONS

IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS WHERE THE MUSEUM STORES
SOME OF ITS RAREST

AND MOST BIZARRE
UNDERWATER SPECIMENS.

MANY OF THESE
STRANGE-LOOKING CREATURES

WERE COLLECTED
NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO

BY WORLD-TRAVELING NATURALIST,
CHARLES DARWIN.

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR
A MORE RECENT ADDITION,

THE MYSTERIOUS NORTHUMBERLAND
SEA MONSTER.

ITS GUARDIAN IS FISH CURATOR
OLIVER CRIMON.

JEREMY?

HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S IN HERE, IS IT?

IT IS.

I'M ABOUT TO COME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH THE CREATURE
FROM THE BEACH.

AH, THAT'S A GREENLAND
SHARK, ISN'T IT?

IT CERTAINLY IS.

AND WHAT IS THAT DOING ON A --
ON A BEACH IN THE U.K.?

WELL, WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW.

UM, ITS DISTRIBUTION

IS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
AND THE ARCTIC.

BUT WE HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED THEM
IN THE U.K.

VERY OFTEN AT ALL.

IS THIS A DANGEROUS
SHARK POTENTIALLY?

WELL, 'CAUSE WE KNOW
VERY LITTLE ABOUT ITS BIOLOGY,

GENERALLY SPEAKING,
THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF SIGHT

IN DEEP COLD WATER.

IT HAS BEEN SURMISED
TO BE A SCAVENGER.

BUT THERE'S NO REASON

WHY THIS COULDN'T
DISMEMBER ACTIVE PREY.

SO, WE BASICALLY
DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW.

NOW, THE GREENLAND SHARK
IS NOT ENTIRELY NEW TO ME.

I HAVE MET THIS MONSTER
ONCE BEFORE.

THREE YEARS AGO,
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT,

I HAULED ONE OF THESE GIANTS

FROM THE FREEZING DEPTHS
OF A NORWEGIAN FJORD.

ALSO KNOWN AS SLEEPER SHARKS,

THEY'RE SAID TO BE
SLOW MOVING AND DOCILE.

SO AT THE TIME, I HAD NO REASON

TO THINK IT WAS ANYTHING
OTHER THAN HARMLESS.

SO MUCH SO, THAT I EVEN GOT
IN THE WATER WITH IT.

BUT WHAT IF I'D GOT IT WRONG?

FRESH RESEARCH INTO THIS SHARK

IS MAKING ME QUESTION
THAT DECISION.

THESE LITTLE-KNOWN
SHARKS CAN GROW

TO THE SIZE OF A GREAT WHITE

AND THEY BITE WITH FOUR TIMES
AS MANY TEETH.

AND I'M UNCOVERING
FRIGHTENING STORIES

ABOUT THESE SHARKS

RIGHT ACROSS THE COLD WATERS
OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

IF THERE IS A COLD-WATER
KILLER LURKING IN MY BACKYARD,

I NEED TO KNOW.

ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH,

THE BEST PLACE TO BEGIN
MY INVESTIGATION IS HERE,

THE COUNTRY THAT GAVE
THE SHARK ITS NAME.

SO, I'M HEADING
NORTH TO GREENLAND.

80% OF THE LAND MASS HERE
IS COVERED IN SOLID ICE,

AND WITH JUST
56,000 INHABITANTS,

GREENLAND HAS THE LOWEST
POPULATION DENSITY

OF ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH.

THIS IS JUST AMAZING.

I'M ALMOST SPEECHLESS.

IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE
ANOTHER PLANET.

IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME
HERE IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

AND THAT WHITE DOWN
THERE IS NOT LAND,

IT'S ICE,

AND THIS BEING A FIELD,

THE WATER UNDERNEATH THE ICE

IS PHENOMENALLY DEEP.

AND THE CREATURE I'M AFTER LIVES
WAY DOWN BELOW THE ICE.

SIGHTINGS OF GREENLAND
SHARKS ARE RARE.

BUT ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE
DO ENCOUNTER

THESE RECLUSIVE BEASTS,
INUIT ICE FISHERMEN.

SO I'M HEADING TO THE FISHING
PORT OF UUMMANNAQ,

400 MILES NORTH
OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.

IT'S 5 DEGREES
BELOW FREEZING.

WITH A POPULATION
OF AROUND 1,300,

UUMMANNAQ IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
TOWNS IN GREENLAND.

THERE ARE NO ROADS IN OR OUT.

AND FOR FOUR MONTHS
OF THE YEAR,

THE SEA IS SOLID ICE.

SO THE FISHING FLEET
GOES NOWHERE.

[ DOG BARKS ]

I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'VE COME
TO THE END OF THE WORLD HERE.

IT JUST LOOKS SO DIFFERENT

FROM ANYTHING
I'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

BUT IT'S A SENSORY THING,
AS WELL. YOU FEEL IT.

IT IS JUST SO COLD HERE
AND IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME.

I'M NOT ON A FROZEN BEACH.

I'M ACTUALLY STANDING
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARBOR.

I'M ON SEA ICE.

IT'S FIRST TIME OF MY LIFE
I'VE ACTUALLY WALKED ON THE SEA.

THE HARBOR FEELS DESERTED.

BUT EVENTUALLY I'M DIRECTED

TO A FEW FISHERMEN
OUT ON THE ICE.

-HI.
-HELLO.

Wade:
WHAT NAME THESE FISH?

-SOURSID.
-SOUR-- SOURSID?

-SOURSID.
-SOURSAY?

-SOURSEE.
-SOURSEE?

MY MASTERY
OF GREENLANDIC --

NONEXISTENT
AT THE MOMENT,

BUT THEY LOOK LIKE COD TO ME,
NICE-SIZED COD.

THE LOCALS HERE
ARE MAINLY INUIT,

THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF ARCTIC, GREENLAND,

CANADA, AND ALASKA,

AND THEY'VE FISHED
THESE WATERS FOR 5,000 YEARS.

OH, YOU HAVE ONE.
YOU HAVE ONE, HUH?

IT'S A LONG WAY
TO BRING THE LINE IN.

GOOD SIZE?

BIG ONE.

A BIG ONE?
OH, CAN SEE IT.

CAN SEE IT, CAN SEE IT.

THERE IT IS.

THANKS TO ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS
IN THEIR BLOOD,

COD THRIVE
IN COLD ARCTIC WATERS

AND ARE CLEARLY
ABUNDANT HERE.

DO YOU LET THE BAIT GO
DOWN TO THE BOTTOM?

SLOWLY GETTING SOME LIFE
BACK TO MY RIGHT HAND.

-[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
-WE'RE HERE.

SO WE'RE ON THE BOTTOM.

OOP.

OOH, I THINK I'VE GOT --
YEAH.

YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES, YES.

THAT'S --
THAT'S A FISH ON.

MY FIRST -- I WAS GONNA SAY
ICE-CAUGHT FISH.

I HAVEN'T CAUGHT IT YET.

[ GRUNTS ]

FELT ANOTHER KICK.

OH, IT'S GOING ON FOREVER.

OH, I CAN SEE SOMETHING.

HERE IT IS.

THERE IT IS.

IT'S MY FIRST EVER
ICE-CAUGHT FISH.

I'M GONNA GET IT OFF THE HOOK
AND HAVE A PROPER LOOK AT IT.

SO THIS IS AN ATLANTIC COD,

AND I ACTUALLY USED TO FISH
WITH THESE WHEN I WAS A KID,

OFF THE BEACH IN ENGLAND, AND
I DON'T THINK I EVER CAUGHT ONE.

I THINK THIS COULD BE
MY FIRST COD,

WHICH MAKES IT
SORT OF DOUBLY MEMORABLE.

WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO

I MIGHT CATCH MY FIRST COD
HERE IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE?

I ASKED THE FISHERMEN
ABOUT GREENLAND SHARKS,

BUT APPARENTLY THEY DON'T HAUNT
THESE SHALLOWER WATERS.

DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE
WHO CATCH SHARKS?

TO FIND THEM, I'LL NEED TO HEAD
OUT TO DEEPER WATER,

FAR FROM THE SAFETY
OF THE HARBOR.

GREENLAND SHARKS
ARE MOST OFTEN ENCOUNTERED

BY LONG-LINE ICE
FISHERMEN, LIKE POLLOCK.

HE FISHES THE DEEPER WATERS
AN HOUR FROM THE TOWN

TO FEED HIS FAMILY

AND SELLS WHATEVER
SURPLUS HE GETS.

THE SEA ICE WE'RE
WALKING ON IS SEASONAL.

ALTHOUGH IT'S A COUPLE
OF FEET THICK,

IT CAN EASILY FRACTURE
IN THE AREAS AROUND ICEBERGS.

IF THIS ICEBERG TIPS,

IT CAN MAKE WAVES
ON THE -- THIS ICE.

-SO THE ICE WILL CRACK?
-YEAH.

MOST OF THE ICEBERGS
THAT PLAGUE THE NORTH ATLANTIC

COME FROM THIS COASTLINE,

INCLUDING, IT IS SAID,

THE ONE THAT SANK
THE TITANIC IN 1912.

WE BREAK OPEN
THE FISHING HOLE

AND PREPARE TO HAUL UP
2,500 FEET OF HAND LINE.

YEAH, MY FINGERS ARE COLD
ALREADY. I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED.

THANKFULLY, POLLOCK IS USING

WHAT'S PROBABLY
THE BIGGEST FISHING REEL

I'VE EVER SEEN.

ONLY 800 METERS TO GO.

POLLOCK TELLS ME
THAT DEEP-WATER SCAVENGERS

OFTEN TAKE PART
OR ALL OF HIS CATCH

BEFORE HE CAN GET IT
TO THE SURFACE.

AND HIS PRIME SUSPECT
IS THE GREENLAND SHARK.

NOT TOO FAST.

I'M HOPING THAT BITE MARKS
ON POLLOCK'S CATCH

WILL PROVIDE CLUES

ABOUT WHAT'S HUNTING
DOWN THERE.

STOP. STOP.

Wade: I'M IN THE ARCTIC,

ON THE TRAIL OF
THE ELUSIVE GREENLAND SHARK,

INVESTIGATING WHETHER IT POSES
A THREAT TO HUMANS.

I'M HAULING IN A LONG LINE,

WHICH I'M HOPING
WILL SHOW EVIDENCE

OF SHARK ACTIVITY DEEP
BENEATH THIS FROZEN FJORD.

THE HALIBUT,
THE FIRST ONE.

WOW, SOME HALIBUTS.

FANTASTIC.

THAT'S ACTUALLY
QUITE PROMISING.

THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE
10 OR A DOZEN HOOKS,

FIVE FISH SO FAR.
IT'S NOT BAD.

THIS IS GOOD NEWS
FOR POLLOCK'S DINNER TABLE,

BUT IT'S NOT HELPING
MY INVESTIGATION.

I DON'T SEE
A SINGLE SHARK BITE.

BUT THIS CATCH
DOES AT LEAST GIVE ME

AN INSIGHT
INTO THE CREATURES

THAT SHARE THE DARK DEPTHS
WITH THE GREENLAND SHARK.

GOSH,
THAT'S WEIRD-LOOKING.

WE CALL IT
[SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE]

THAT'S A DEEP-WATER
SPECIES, IS IT?

-YEAH.
-AH, LOOK AT THOSE EYES.

IT CAN ALSO LIVE
1,000 METERS IN THE BOTTOM.

RIGHT. DOWN THERE WHERE
THERE'S NOT MUCH LIGHT.

THIS FISH
HAS A BONY SKELETON,

BUT OTHERS DOWN THERE
ARE BUILT ON SOFT CARTILAGE,

INCLUDING THE GREENLAND SHARK
AND THIS CREATURE.

Wade: THIS IS
A STRANGE-LOOKING THING.

THIS IS A --
THIS IS A KIND OF SKATE.

WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY
A RELATIVE

OF THE GREENLAND SHARK.

Pollock:
WE CALL IT NULIAK.

-NULIAK.
-THIS MEANS YOUR WIFE.

-WHY DO THEY CALL IT THAT?
-IT'S THE WIFE FOR THE SHARK.

AS NIGHT FALLS AND TEMPERATURES
DROP TO 10 BELOW FREEZING,

WE WASTE NO TIME
GETTING BACK TO TOWN.

I'M A BIT DISAPPOINTED IN A WAY.

NO EVIDENCE AT ALL OF
THE GREENLAND SHARKS,

WHICH IS ACTUALLY
MAKING IT LOOK LESS LIKELY

THAT I'M GONNA SEE ONE.

MY ICE EXCURSION WITH POLLOCK
DIDN'T FURTHER MY INQUIRY.

BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME
A USEFUL CONTACT FOR TOMORROW.

NEXT DAY, WE PLAN OUR FISHING
AROUND THE SUN.

HERE, IN THE ARCTIC
CIRCLE IN WINTER,

THERE ARE VERY FEW HOURS
OF SUNLIGHT.

SO, I MAKE SURE I'M DOWN
AT THE HARBOR PROMPTLY.

MOST FISHERMEN IN UUMMANNAQ

TRY TO AVOID
THE GREENLAND SHARKS

THAT ROB THEIR LINES.

BUT THERE IS ONE MAN
WHO ACTIVELY SEEKS THEM OUT.

THESE ONES YOUR DOGS?

AND HE'S AGREED TO TAKE ME

ON AN EXPEDITION
TO CATCH A SHARK.

SIMI HAS BEEN GOING AFTER
THESE HUGE BEASTS FOR 30 YEARS.

HE USES THE MEAT
OF THESE SHARKS

TO FEED HIS PACK OF SLED DOGS.

SO, UNUSUALLY FOR ME,

THIS WILL NOT BE A CATCH
AND RELEASE MISSION.

THESE ONES YOUR DOGS?

YEAH. [ SPEAKS
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

CAN I -- CAN I HELP?

DOG SLEDS ARE THE TRADITIONAL

INUIT MEANS OF TRANSPORT
ON THE ICE

AND HAVE KEPT COMMUNITIES
CONNECTED THROUGH WINTER

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

IT'S LIKE HAVING
AN UNRULY FISH ON THE LINE.

GREENLAND DOGS ARE RENOWNED
FOR THEIR LOYALTY.

THEY HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN
TO PROTECT

THEIR HUMAN KEEPERS
FROM POLAR BEARS.

SO, THAT'S THE LAST DOG
TIED UP.

IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE,

FOUR, FIVE.
HE'S GOING WITH SIX.

UM, GONNA GET
THE SLEDS SORTED OUT.

PUREBRED GREENLAND DOGS
ARE FAMED FOR THEIR STAMINA.

THEY CAN RUN 100 MILES A DAY
FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THE SHARK FISHING GROUNDS

ARE NEAR THE EDGE
OF THE SEA ICE.

THE WATER UNDERNEATH US
IS EXTREMELY DEEP,

AROUND 3,000 FEET

AND THE ICE HERE IS THINNER
AND VULNERABLE TO CRACKING.

WHEN WE GET
TO THE CHOSEN SPOT,

WE IMMEDIATELY SECURE
THE DOGS.

WITH NO ROCKS
OR TREES AROUND,

WE TETHER THEM TO THE ICE.

IF THEY RAN OFF,

WE'RE A VERY LONG WAY
FROM THE TOWN.

SIMI FAVORS THE WARMTH
OF HIS POLAR BEAR PANTS

OVER ANY MAN-MADE FIBERS.

BUT THE FUR DOES
GET ME THINKING.

THIS FAR FROM HELP
AND WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE,

WE ARE VULNERABLE
TO POLAR BEAR ATTACK.

DO THEY HAVE THEM AROUND --
AROUND HERE?

[ SPEAKS
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

HE DOESN'T THINK

THEY'RE AROUND HERE
AT THE MOMENT.

BUT THEY DO SOMETIMES COME HERE.

I THINK JUST THE IDEA
THAT THERE'S POLAR BEARS

ANYWHERE AROUND HERE
IS QUITE DISTURBING.

SHALL I DO A LITTLE?

THE ICE HERE IS
ABOUT A FOOT THICK

AND TAKES SOME CUTTING.

GOOD, WE'VE HIT
THE SEAWATER.

LET'S PUSH IT UNDERNEATH.

WE HAVE AN ICE HOLE.

FISHING.

ICE FISHING
WITH HAND LINES

HASN'T CHANGED MUCH
IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS,

ALTHOUGH HOOKS MADE
FROM ANIMAL BONE

HAVE BEEN REPLACED
BY STAINLESS STEEL.

SLIGHTLY MORE SERIOUS HOOK

AND THEN THAT'S
NO ORDINARY LINE.

THAT IS -- THAT'S CABLE,
THAT'S WIRE CABLE.

SO, EVEN THE GREENLAND SHARK'S
REALLY BIG, SHARP TEETH

SHOULDN'T CUT THROUGH THAT.

WE GOT A BIG LUMP OF ROCK
ON THE END

TO MAKE SURE IT KEEPS
ON THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT STRONG CHAIN.

SIMI UNWRAPS
HIS SECRET WEAPON --

DAYS' OLD SEAL MEAT.

THAT IS --
THAT IS HORRIBLE.

BUT TO A GREENLAND SHARK,
THAT SMELLS LIKE DINNER.

GET THAT ON THE HOOK.

AND THEN 3,000 FEET OF LINE,

READY TO DROP
INTO ANOTHER WORLD

WHERE THE WATER
IS PITCH BLACK

AND UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE.

SO, ANOTHER ONE.

SO, ALL THE BAIT'S
IN THE WATER

AND IT'S NOW
PULLING DOWN FAST.

IT'S ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE
TO THE BOTTOM HERE

AS IT IS TO THE TOP
OF THAT MOUNTAIN.

EVERYTHING'S VERY STILL UP
HERE ON THE SURFACE

BUT THERE IS A --
THERE IS A CURRENT.

EVEN WITH THAT ROCK
AND CHAIN ON,

IT'S NOT GOING
STRAIGHT DOWN.

IT'S GOING
SLIGHTLY THAT WAY.

THE CURRENT WILL CARRY
THE SMELL OUT TO SEA,

AND IF WE'RE LUCKY,
DRAW SHARKS ON TO THE BAIT

IN PITCH DARKNESS,
HALF A MILE BENEATH US.

YEAH?

WE HAVE THE BOTTOM.

Wade: THAT'S JUST
A TERRIFYING DEPTH

AND THAT IS JUST WAY
DEEPER THAN ANYTHING

I'VE EVER FISHED BEFORE.

THE FISHING THAT I NORMALLY
DO IS OFTEN ABOUT WAITING.

BUT OUT HERE,
THAT'S SIMPLY NOT AN OPTION.

WE WOULD FREEZE TO DEATH.

THE INUIT WAY IS
TO RETREAT TO CAMP

AND RETURN THE NEXT DAY.

THAT EVENING, IN THE
LAST GLIMMERS OF DAYLIGHT,

I JOIN SIMI AND HIS FAMILY
FOR A TRADITIONAL MEAL.

THANK YOU.

THEY'VE TURNED
SOME OF YESTERDAY'S

HALIBUT CATCH INTO A STEW
AND IT'S DELICIOUS.

AH, IT'S VERY TASTY.

SHARING FOOD IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF INUIT CULTURE.

COMMUNITIES
WILL PULL TOGETHER

TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE,

INCLUDING STRANGERS,
GOES HUNGRY.

NEXT MORNING,
RESTED AND REFRESHED,

WE'RE BACK ON THE ICE.

IT'S 5 MILES
TO THE FISHING HOLE,

AND THE DOGS SEEM EAGER
TO GET THERE.

THE EXTREME LONG LINE

HAS BEEN DOWN
FOR OVER 12 HOURS.

WITH 3,000 FEET BETWEEN
US AND THE BAIT,

THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW
IF WE'VE GOT SOMETHING

ON THE LINE...

[ SPEAKS
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

MAYBE, MAYBE.

THIS IS THE ONE GREENLANDIC
WORD I'M PICKING UP.

...UNTIL WE HAUL IT UP.

WE'VE GOT A LONG HAUL
GETTING THE ROCK

AND GETTING THE HOOKS UP
FROM THE BOTTOM.

IT'S SOMETHING LIKE
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.

AND OVER HERE,
TAKE A WRAP,

A WRAP, A WRAP.

OFF WE GO.

IT COULD BE
WISHFUL THINKING,

BUT THIS FEELS HEAVIER
THAN THE WEIGHTED LINE

WE DROPPED DOWN YESTERDAY.

I THINK IT'S, YEAH,
IT'S MORE.

-YEAH.
-YEAH.

-[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
-YEAH.

THERE COULD BE SOMETHING
ON THE END OF THIS

OTHER THAN
THAT LUMP OF ROCK,

FEELS LIKE MORE
OF AN EFFORT.

WALKING IN RELAY GIVES US
A CHANCE TO CATCH OUR BREATH.

IT'S A BIT LIKE
HAULING SOMETHING

THAT COULD BE 1,000 POUNDS
PLUS IN WEIGHT,

TWICE THE HEIGHT OF
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT HALF AN HOUR
OF HEAVY HAULING

BRINGS THE END
OF THE LINE TO THE SURFACE.

LINE. CHAIN.

OH, YES, YES, YES, YES.

Wade: I'M IN THE ARCTIC

INVESTIGATING THE MYSTERIOUS
GREENLAND SHARK.

AND I'M HELPING SIMI,
A LOCAL INUIT, TO CATCH ONE

TO FEED HIS PACK OF DOGS.

[ DOGS BARKING ]

Simi:
BE RIGHT OVER THERE.

WE'VE HAULED IN MORE
THAN HALF A MILE OF LINE

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
SOMETHING ON THE END.

LINE, CHAIN.

OH, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
YES, THERE'S A FISH.

WE HAVE A FISH ON.

WE JUST NEED TO GET
THE CHAIN...UP.

OH, YES.
THIS IS A BIG ONE.

HOW DO WE GET IT
THROUGH THE HOLE?

THE SHARK ISN'T FIGHTING.

IT PROBABLY DIED
ON THE LINE OVERNIGHT.

RIGHT, THE HOLE ISN'T
BIG ENOUGH FOR THE SHARK.

SO, JUST CUTTING
MORE ICE.

TWO, THREE.

IT STILL FEELS
LIKE IT'S STUCK.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING
TO NEED A BIGGER HOLE.

I NEVER LIKE TO SEE
A DEAD FISH,

BUT IT'S ALL PART OF SURVIVAL
HERE FOR THE INUIT.

THIS SHARK WILL FEED
SIMI'S DOGS FOR WEEKS TO COME.

THIS IS A BIG HEAD.
HOW BIG IS THE REST OF IT?

THIS COULD BE THE MOMENT
IF THE HOLE IS BIG ENOUGH.

OKAY, READY?

YES, IS THAT COMING?

YES, IT'S STARTING
TO COME UP.

I THINK IT'S...

IT'S A GOOD
10 FOOT OR SO, I THINK,

THERE'S STILL MORE
TO COME.

THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO FURTHER MY INVESTIGATION.

IT'S OUT.

IT'S A BIG ANIMAL.
THIS IS MASSIVE.

THIS IS HUGE.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT.

IT'S A FEMALE.

VERY SHARK-LIKE TAIL,
THAT ASYMMETRIC TAIL.

THE FASCINATING THING
ABOUT SHARKS

THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK
AT IS THE JAWS, THE TEETH.

AND THE GREENLAND SHARK
HAS THESE VERY POINTY TEETH

ON THE UPPER JAW,
THAT'S FOR GRIPPING.

BUT THEN ON THE LOWER JAW,

YOU'VE GOT THESE
ALMOST SQUARE-SHAPED TEETH

WITH ALMOST LIKE A CHISEL
BLADE ON THE END.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY SHARP,

BUT ARE THEY SHARP ENOUGH
TO ATTACK AND KILL?

THE OTHER THING HERE
IS THE NOSTRILS,

THINKING OF MY BAITS
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PLACE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A DEPTH OF WATER

A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FEET DEEP.

THE BAIT IS JUST A TINY SPECK
IN THAT IMMENSITY OF WATER,

AND THIS MANAGED TO FIND IT.

AND THE WAY IT FOUND IT
WAS USING ITS SENSE OF SMELL.

SIMI STARTS TO PREPARE
CUTS FOR HIS DOGS.

BUT THE MEAT
WILL HAVE TO BE CURED

BEFORE THEY CAN EAT IT.

HIGH LEVELS OF UREA MAKE FRESH
GREENLAND SHARK MEAT TOXIC.

THIS IS MY CHANCE
TO FIND OUT HOW

AND WHAT THESE SHARKS
EAT UNDER THE ICE.

SO HERE'S ALL THE GUTS
JUST COMING OUT.

THIS IS A HALIBUT.

THIS IS QUITE A BIG HALIBUT.

THERE WE GO,
THAT'S THE HEAD.

[ SPEAKS
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

AND AH, LOOK AT THAT.

SO, THAT'S PROBABLY
SOMEBODY'S FISHING NET.

THAT'S QUITE A BIG
FISH IN THERE.

WHAT FISH IS THIS?

-[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
-IT'S A COD.

NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING.

THAT MIGHT BE A COD
THAT DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES

AND THIS CAME ALONG
AND FED ON IT

OR THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY
TAKE LIVING FISH.

I'M WONDERING
IF GREENLAND SHARKS

ARE MORE
THAN JUST SCAVENGERS.

SO, I NEED TO FIND OUT
WHAT ELSE THEY EAT

AND HOW THEY EAT IT.

BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO FIND THOSE ANSWERS

IN THIS ICE-COVERED SEA.

I'VE GOT TO DROP MY LINE
IN MORE TEMPERATE WATERS.

I'M HEADING 1,500 MILES
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,

WHERE I'VE HEARD ABOUT
A GREENLAND SHARK STUDY

THAT'S UNDERWAY OFF
THE COAST OF NORWAY.

TROMSO IS A FISHING PORT
WITH A LONG HISTORY

OF WHALING AND SEAL HUNTING.

AND TODAY
THIS SMALL ISLAND TOWN

IS LEADING THE WAY IN
THE STUDY OF ARCTIC ANIMALS,

INCLUDING
THE GREENLAND SHARK.

I HEAD
TO THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY,

WHERE A TEAM
OF SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING

TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS
OF THIS ELUSIVE ANIMAL.

DANISH SCIENTIST
JULIUS NIELSEN MADE HEADLINES

WITH HIS CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH
INTO AGING THESE SHARKS.

HIS STUDY REVEALED
THAT THE LARGEST

AND OLDEST GREENLAND SHARKS

COULD BE 400 YEARS OLD OR MORE,

MEANING THAT SOME
SPECIMENS ALIVE TODAY

MIGHT HAVE ROAMED
THE NORTH ATLANTIC

AT THE SAME TIME
AS THE MAYFLOWER.

BUT JULIUS ALSO
HAS FASCINATING EVIDENCE

ON HOW GREENLAND SHARKS FEED.

AND HE'S SURE
THEY HAVE THE TOOLS

TO TAKE OUT LIVE PREY.

THE TEETH OF THE UPPER JAW
IS LIKE A FORK

WHERE
IT CAN HOLD THE PREY.

AND THEN IN THE LOWER JAW,
IT'S LIKE A RAZOR BLADE.

IT'S ACTUALLY
WORKING LIKE A KNIFE.

SO, WHEN THE SHARK
DOES LIKE THIS

AND THEN IT CAN MAKE

THESE CIRCULAR --
CIRCULAR WOUNDS

AND CIRCULAR CHUNKS
THAT THEY EAT.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD DO
ALMOST LIKE A 180

OR IT --
IT JUST DOES A SPIN.

360 ROTATION ACTUALLY,

IS WHAT I IMAGINED
THAT THEY CAN DO.

AND JULIUS HAS THE EVIDENCE
TO BACK UP HIS THEORY.

FIRST THIS PICTURE,
THIS IS A BELUGA WHALES

IN AN ICE HOLE SOMEWHERE
IN THE HIGH ARCTIC.

-RIGHT.
-AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,

ONE OF THE WHALES HAS
A VERY BIG CIRCULAR WOUND.

SO, THAT'S DEFINITELY
ALIVE, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S NOT A DEAD CREATURE.

NO, THIS IS A LIVE WHALE

THAT HAS A VERY,
VERY DISTINCT WOUND.

SO IMAGINE THAT THE SHARK
GETS A BITE ON HERE

AND THEN IT JUST TWISTS
AROUND, CIRCULAR WOUND.

AND ACTUALLY IT'S DIFFICULT
TO IMAGINE

ANY OTHER ANIMAL
IN THE ARCTIC

THAT COULD CAUSE THIS --
THIS EXACT WOUND.

IT APPEARS
ONLY GREENLAND SHARKS

ARE CAPABLE OF INFLICTING
THIS TYPE OF INJURY.

JULIUS ALSO HAS PHOTOS
OF CIRCULAR BITES

OF SEAL FLESH FOUND

INSIDE GREENLAND
SHARKS' STOMACHS.

IF GREENLAND SHARKS
TAKE LIVE PREY

AND ARE CAPABLE
OF ATTACKING CREATURES

FAR LARGER THAN THEMSELVES,

WOULD THEY GO AFTER HUMANS?

I MEET WITH CANADIAN MARINE
BIOLOGIST CHRIS HARVEY-CLARK,

ONE OF VERY FEW PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD

WHO HAVE DIVED
WITH THESE SHARKS.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT
THAT YOU MIGHT BE ON THE MENU

OR THEY MIGHT BE THINKING
ALONG THOSE LINES?

WHEN I FIRST STARTED DIVING
WITH THESE ANIMALS,

I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO.

PEOPLE SORT OF THOUGHT
THEY WERE BIG,

SLEEPY,
CATFISH-TYPE ANIMALS

THAT REALLY WERE NOT
PARTICULARLY PREDATORY,

WERE NOT
PARTICULARLY CURIOUS.

WELL, IT TURNS OUT
THAT THEY DO

ALL KINDS OF THINGS
WE NEVER EXPECTED.

CHRIS' RARE FOOTAGE SHOWS

JUST HOW CLOSE HE GOT
TO THESE SHARKS

IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
IN CANADA.

THEY WILL LEAVE YOU

AND THEN THEY'LL GO OUT
AND THEY'LL COME AROUND

AND THEY'LL GET BACK
ON YOUR 6:00 POSITION.

THEY DO IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THEY WANT TO COME BACK
AND SEE JUST WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND CURIOSITY
IS A PREDATOR TRAIT.

SOME OF THE ENCOUNTERS I'VE HAD
HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SCARY,

PARTICULARLY
BAD VISIBILITY

WHEN THE ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
YOU DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS.

I'VE GOT MIRRORS
ON MY CAMERA,

MY HEAD'S ON A SWIVEL
AND BANG.

THAT GIVES YOU PAUSE
AND IT ALSO MAKES ME THINK

ABOUT HOW THESE ANIMALS

ACTUALLY CAN KILL,
AGILE, SMART PREY.

THIS IS DISTURBING STUFF.

THESE SHARKS DISPLAYED
NO FEAR OF CHRIS IN THE WATER.

PERHAPS THEY CONSIDER
HUMANS POTENTIAL PREY.

WOULD THESE SHARKS ATTACK?

I NEED TO GET ONE
ON THE END OF A LINE.

ONLY BY DOING BATTLE
WITH ONE OF THESE BEASTS

WILL I BE ABLE TO GET A SENSE
OF WHAT IT'S CAPABLE OF.

YES, YES.

Wade: I'M IN ARCTIC NORWAY
INVESTIGATING THE TRUE

NATURE OF THE MYSTERIOUS
GREENLAND SHARK.

AND I'M HEADING 150 MILES
SOUTH OF TROMSO

TO THE DEEP-WATER FJORDS
AROUND ANDOYA ISLAND.

I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THERE'S
MORE TO THIS ELUSIVE SHARK

THAN MEETS THE EYE.

TO FIND OUT IF THEY POSE
ANY THREAT TO PEOPLE,

I'M JOINING SCIENTIST
JULIUS NIELSEN

AND HIS TEAM
ON THE VOGS FJORD

WHERE GREENLAND
SHARKS CONGREGATE

AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

-MORNING.
-MORNING, JEREMY!

-HEY.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU.

-GOOD WEATHER, EH?
-YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO POOL
OUR RESOURCES

TO CATCH ONE OF THESE SHARKS.

MY TARGET WILL BE
A LARGE ADULT,

FOR THE MOST ACCURATE GAUGE
OF THIS ANIMAL'S POWER,

AND TODAY'S CONDITIONS
ARE PERFECT.

WE NEED CALM WATER
TO HANDLE BIG SHARKS SAFELY.

HOWEVER, THE LONG-RANGE
FORECAST IS NOT SO GOOD.

AN ARCTIC STORM IS ON ITS WAY.

SO, THE PRESSURE IS ON
TO CATCH A SHARK QUICKLY.

BOAT CAPTAIN THOR IVAND

IS A VETERAN
OF THESE EXPEDITIONS

AND KNOWS THIS FJORD
LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

SO, THIS IS A MORE
SOPHISTICATED VERSION

OF WHAT I WAS USING
IN GREENLAND.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF CHAIN ON THE END.

YOU NEED METAL DOWN HERE
BY THE BAIT,

BECAUSE OTHERWISE
THE SHARK'S TEETH

ARE JUST GOING
TO CHOMP THROUGH IT.

SO, ON THE END OF THE WIRE,
WE'VE GOT VERY THICK NYLON.

GOOD TO GO?
-YEAH.

USING A ROD-ON-LINE

TO CATCH WHAT COULD BE
A ONE-TON FISH

IS A MASSIVE CHALLENGE.

BUT IT'S MY CHANCE TO FINALLY
SEE WHAT THIS MONSTER CAN DO.

THIS FJORD PLUNGES
TO A DEPTH OF 1,500 FEET.

MY BAIT IS A TINY SPECK

IN AN IMPOSSIBLE
VOLUME OF WATER.

AFTER SEVERAL HOURS,
THERE ARE SIGNS OF ACTIVITY.

WHAT DO YOU RECKON, THOR?

THERE'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING, ISN'T IT?

BUT DOES THAT LOOK MORE
LIKE A SMALL FISH?

YEAH,
YOU SEE THE ROD THERE.

YEAH, THERE IT GOES.

THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT
THERE, YEAH, YOU SEE.

THERE, THERE, THERE,
THERE, DEFINITELY.

BUT FISHING
AT SUCH ENORMOUS DEPTHS

IS DIFFICULT
TO READ THE SIGNALS.

THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE
IS TO BRING THE LINE UP.

THAT FEELS LIKE IT
MIGHT BE SOMETHING.

REELING IN 1,500 FEET OF LINE

CAN TAKE
20 MINUTES OF EFFORT.

I'M SIMPLY QUITE CURIOUS
TO SEE WHAT THIS BAIT LOOKS LIKE

BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY
HAD A LOT OF ATTENTION

FROM SOMETHING.

AH, IT'S...

AH, YEAH.
-SO, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT.

YES, SOMETHING HAS
BITTEN THE BAIT IN HALF.

I THINK DEFINITELY A SHARK
HAS CAUSED THIS,

BUT IT'S JUST NOT TAKING
ALL THE BAIT

AND DIDN'T TAKE THE HOOK.

WOULD YOU GUESS THAT'S A SMALLER
ONE OR NO WAY OF SAYING?

-NO WAY OF SAYING.
-NO WAY?

-THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
-THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

GOOD SIGN, SOMETHING
HAS BEEN, OKAY, RIGHT.

IT'S CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE
FISHING IN THE RIGHT SPOT,

BUT WE'RE ONE DAY
DOWN WITH NO SHARK.

AND WE WON'T HAVE
GOOD WEATHER FOR LONG.

THE NEXT DAY,
WE'RE BACK ON THE WATER,

BUT THE WIND DIRECTION
HAS CHANGED.

COLD ARCTIC AIR IS SWEEPING
IN FROM THE NORTH.

A STORM IS CLOSE.

OKAY, GOT THAT?
-YEAH.

AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS,
I FEEL A PULL ON MY LINE.

THAT'S IT. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

JUST GONNA WIND DOWN.

AND THIS TIME IT FEELS BIGGER.

YES, EVENTUALLY.
YES.

YES, YES,
THERE IS SOMETHING.

CAN SOMEONE JUST --

JUST HANG ON TO ME
THERE JUST, THANKS.

WHATEVER IS ON THE LINE,
IT'S FIGHTING

AND BRINGING IT UP
IS NOT EASY

FROM A WET, MOVING DECK.

THERE'S DEFINITELY
A WEIGHT ON HERE,

CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT.

THE LAST TIME I LANDED
A GREENLAND SHARK

WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.

AN ENCOUNTER IN DAYLIGHT
WILL BE FAR MORE REVEALING,

BUT I CAN'T RELAX
FOR A SECOND.

I'VE PROBABLY GOT ITS HEAD,

THE WHOLE BODY
TILTING UP AT THE MOMENT.

SO, IF IT ACTUALLY
BEATS ITS TAIL,

IT'S HELPING ITS WAY
TO THE SURFACE.

BUT, UH, IF I PAUSE
TO TAKE A BREATH

AND HE GETS HIS HEAD DOWN,

SUDDENLY MY WORK'S A LOT HARDER.

MY ARMS ARE BURNING,
BUT I'VE GOT TO KEEP REELING.

I MAY NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE.

YES, YES, HERE WE ARE.

IT'S ON THE SURFACE,
THERE IT IS.

Nielsen: WOW! YEAH!

Wade: I'M IN NORWAY ON THE TRAIL
OF THE GREENLAND SHARK

AND SOMETHING HAS TAKEN MY BAIT
1,500 FEET UNDER THE BOAT.

YES, YES, HERE WE ARE.

IT'S ON THE SURFACE,
THERE IT IS.

Nielsen: WOW! YEAH!

EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

-RIGHT.
-WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW!

-THIS IS INTERESTING.
-THIS IS VERY, VERY UNUSUAL.

EVEN AFTER 15 MINUTES
ON THE LINE,

THIS SUPPOSEDLY
SLUGGISH SHARK

IS THRASHING
WITH THE ENERGY

MORE LIKE I'D EXPECT
FROM A GREAT WHITE.

THIS IS SURPRISING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
A GREENLAND SHARK

WITH THIS KIND
OF MOVEMENT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE
THIS MUCH ALIVE.

NORMALLY THEY ARE SLOW
AND DOCILE, REALLY INTERESTING.

WOW!

-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-YEAH.

A NOOSE IS SECURED
AROUND ITS TAIL

TO PREVENT THE SHARK
FROM SPINNING.

213 I GOT.

YEP, 213.

7 FEET LONG
AND WEIGHING 250 POUNDS,

I'M TOLD IT'S
A 40-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE.

WE LET GO?

THERE WE GO, OFF YOU GO.

VERTICAL.

SEEING THIS ENERGETIC BEHAVIOR
ON THE SURFACE

FEELS LIKE A BREAKTHROUGH
IN MY INVESTIGATION.

THAT SHARK WAS DEFINITELY
VERY MUCH ALIVE.

IT WAS SMASHING ITS TAIL
BACK AND FORTH.

IT SURPRISED YOU?
THE ACTIVITY.

DEFINITELY. I HAVE NEVER
SEEN A GREENLAND SHARK

WITH THIS KIND
OF MOVEMENTS BEFORE.

THERE WAS EXACTLY WHAT
I WAS KIND OF HOPING

OR EXPECTING
THAT THEY COULD DO.

THIS DRAMATIC ENCOUNTER
SUGGESTS TO ME

THAT THIS SHARK
MIGHT BE SOMETHING

OF A JEKYLL AND HYDE CHARACTER,

A NORMALLY DOCILE SCAVENGER

THAT CAN SUDDENLY TURN
ON THE AGGRESSION,

BUT WE NEED TO KNOW MORE.

JULIUS NEEDS A LARGER
SHARK TO TAG.

AND I NEED TO DO BATTLE
WITH A FULL-SIZED ADULT

TO SEE WHAT POWER
IT CAN WIELD.

WE FISH ON.

THE HOURS PASS WITH NO
FURTHER ACTION ON THE LINE.

WHEN SOMETHING DOES
FINALLY BREAK THE SURFACE,

IT'S BIG,
BUT IT'S NOT A SHARK.

WELL, I'VE SEEN
LOTS OF STRANGE THINGS,

FILMING "RIVER MONSTERS,"

BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY
A FIRST FOR ME.

SITTING IN A BOAT
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THERE'S A SUBMARINE
APPEARING ALONGSIDE.

HEY. [ CHUCKLES ]

SEEING THIS SUBMARINE
GETS ME THINKING ABOUT

WHAT LIFE MUST BE LIKE
FOR GREENLAND SHARKS,

LIVING AT EXTREME DEPTH
UNDER IMMENSE WATER PRESSURE.

THIS IS AN ALUMINUM
DRINK BOTTLE -- EMPTY.

[ BLOWS ]

SEAL IT UP.

WHEN I SAY IT'S EMPTY, I MEAN,
TECHNICALLY, IT'S FULL OF AIR,

BUT AIR
AT ONE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE,

AND I'M GONNA THROW THIS
IN THE WATER.

ACTUALLY, IF I THREW IT IN
JUST LIKE THIS, IT WOULD FLOAT.

SO...

COUPLE OF BIG WEIGHTS
TO TAKE IT DOWN,

AND TO RECORD
WHAT HAPPENS TO IT --

WATERPROOF CAMERA HERE.

JUST SET THAT RUNNING.
[ CAMERA BEEPS ]

A GREENLAND SHARK
HAS BEEN OBSERVED

OVER 7,000 FEET DOWN
FROM A ROBOTIC SUBMERSIBLE.

THIS EXPERIMENT
SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS

AT JUST A FRACTION
OF THAT DEPTH AND PRESSURE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY 100 FEET.

I'M GONNA STOP IT THERE
AND BRING IT UP.

THERE'S THE CAMERA,
AND THERE WE GO.

AND THIS IS A METAL OBJECT
THAT'S BEEN CRUSHED AT 100 FEET.

THE GREENLAND SHARK IN THIS
FJORD LIVE DOWN AT 1,500 FEET,

SO WHERE THE PRESSURE IS
ACTUALLY 15 TIMES WHAT DID THAT.

AS A LAND ANIMAL

WHO OCCASIONALLY SPLASHES AROUND
IN THE SHALLOWS,

IT'S JUST VERY HARD TO IMAGINE.

BUT IT'S LIKE LIVING
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LIGHT

BUT JUST SUCH IMMENSE PRESSURE.

WE FISH ON AS THE ARCTIC STORM
CREEPS EVER CLOSER.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER
FORECAST WAS RIGHT.

IT'S CONTINUING
TO DETERIORATE -- THE WEATHER.

AH, WE'VE GOT A BIT OF RAIN
STARTING NOW.

IT'S REALLY JUST HOPING
THAT WE GET SOMETHING

BEFORE IT GETS THAT MUCH WORSE,

BUT SO FAR, NOTHING,

NOTHING REALLY HAPPENING TODAY.

JUST AS I FEAR
MY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

IS CLOSING,
A SIGN FROM THE DEEP.

IS THAT SOMETHING?
-UH-HUH.

I STRAP IN JUST IN CASE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY
MY LAST CHANCE

TO LAND SOMETHING BIG.

-YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
-YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

YES.

IT'S ACTUALLY PULLING.

ARE YOU ON MY BACK?
SOMEBODY ON MY BACK.

SOMEBODY ON THIS HANDLE HERE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S ROLLING, IT'S ROLLING.

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

BECAUSE IT ROLLS
TO PARALLEL LINE.

AH.

THAT'S A VERY STRONG PULL HERE.

THE ROD IS LEVERING ME.

AND I'VE GOT FEET
ON A SLIPPERY DECK.

A COUPLE TIMES I'VE JUST --

QUITE WORRIED ABOUT
DISAPPEARING OVER THE EDGE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT
WHATEVER IS ON MY LINE

HAS MONSTROUS POWER.

HERE WE GO.
-BACK.

-LEANING BACK.
-YEAH, GOT IT.

YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES, YES.

Wade: I'M IN NORWAY

WITH WHAT FEELS
LIKE A MONSTER SHARK

ON THE END OF MY LINE.

HERE WE GO.
-BACK.

-LEANING BACK.
-YEAH, GOT IT.

THERE IT IS.

YES, YES, YES, YES,
YES, YES, YES.

YEAH.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-IT'S A FEISTY ONE.
-IT'S A VERY FEISTY ONE.

IT'S A 10-FOOT
GREENLAND SHARK.

WHERE'S THE OTHER END?
HERE, PUT IT HERE.

SO IT'S A BIG MALE SHARK.
WE CAN SEE

THAT THEY ARE
VERY WELL-DEVELOPED.

JULIUS AND I JUST
HAVE MINUTES TO EXAMINE,

TAG, AND RELEASE THIS SHARK.

THE PROCESS PUNCTURES
THE THICK SKIN

BUT DOESN'T HARM THE ANIMAL.

THESE SATELLITE TAGS
WILL RECORD HOW FAR

AND HOW DEEP THIS SHARK SWIMS
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

FOR ME, THOUGH, IT'S ALL
ABOUT SIZE AND POWER.

SO, THIS IS --
THIS IS THE GIRTH.

SO, UH, THAT IS HOW --

HOW WIDE AROUND
THE BODY THIS ANIMAL IS.

I RECKON THIS SHARK WEIGHS
AROUND 700 POUNDS.

JULIUS ESTIMATES IT'S
ROUGHLY 200 YEARS OLD.

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
AND CERTAINLY THE OLDEST FISH

I'VE EVER CAUGHT.

IT'S TRULY AWE-INSPIRING

TO LOOK AT THIS CREATURE
UP CLOSE,

A MONSTER THAT FEW
PEOPLE EVER SEE.

AND THIS DAYLIGHT ENCOUNTER
HAS TOLD ME

WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW.

WELL, THIS IS WHAT
I CAME TO NORWAY FOR.

WHAT I WANTED TO SEE WAS
A LIVE GREENLAND SHARK

IN THE DAYLIGHT
UP ON THE SURFACE

SO I CAN GET A REALLY
GOOD LOOK AT IT.

AND ALSO, THE OTHER THING
WAS JUST FEELING IT ON THE LINE.

THE SHARKS THAT I PULLED IN

DIDN'T SEEM
LIKE DOCILE SCAVENGERS.

THEIR POWERFUL BURSTS OF ENERGY
WERE THOSE OF A BEAST

THAT CAN REACT FAST
TO MOVING PREY,

A HUNTER THAT KNOWS
ITS OWN STRENGTH

AND HOW TO USE IT.

ADD TO THAT,
THE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TEETH

AND YOU COULD BE LOOKING
AT A VERY CAPABLE PREDATOR.

TODAY, WE HAVE MADE
A SIGNIFICANT STEP

TOWARDS GETTING A MUCH
FULLER PICTURE

OF THIS VERY, VERY STRANGE,
ELUSIVE SHARK.

BUT DOES
THE GREENLAND SHARK POSE

A THREAT TO PEOPLE
IN THE WATER?

CERTAINLY KNOWING
WHAT I KNOW NOW,

I'D THINK TWICE

ABOUT JUMPING INTO THE WATER
WITH ANOTHER ONE.

THIS SHARK APPEARS
TO HAVE A TEMPERAMENT

THAT CAN SHIFT
FROM UNASSUMING SCAVENGER

TO POWERFUL KILLER
IN A HEARTBEAT.

AND UNTIL WE KNOW
WHAT FLICKS THAT SWITCH,

I JUST HOPE
THAT THIS MYSTERIOUS

JEKYLL AND HYDE MONSTER

REMAINS DEEP
UNDER THE ARCTIC ICE,

WELL AWAY FROM HERE.