With an interesting Arctic exploration theme, this one forgoes cutesy snuggly animals in exchange for satisfying that little Robert Peary in each of us.
This is a beautiful game, in fact, with a jagged-ice background of ice whites and ice blues. The heroic explorer dramatically turning away is a swell effect, as are the animated huskies coming alive to run the sled on multiple SCATTERs.
Better yet is the fantastic “Second Chance Re-Spin Feature.” While landing three SCATTERing dogsled teams scores a retriggerable 10 free spins at 2x bonus, getting two SCATTERs on the reel pins those and spins the other three: a nice bit of old-school nudgework there, eh?
So call Polar Pioneers the brother game of Liquid Gold – the same 20 paylines (and again the *&^!%%ing poker run; whatever happened to fruit symbols?) slightly more interesting, slightly prettier, and a slightly better play. LCD rating: 6.5°F/10.