This episode showcases the complete ignorance of American writers and viewers regarding other cultures. Taggart is just completely wrong. Terrible accent, ridiculous character traits, complete misinformation of Australian culture and even cultural appropriation. The Russian is a stereotypical caricature of American propaganda. At the time Russia had already had McDonalds for 20 years and Northern Russia is simply not covered in ice and snow as claimed. This really is the worst episode in the complete series.
As for the errors of the geographical nature of the arctic that's best covered under "Goofs".
As for the errors of the geographical nature of the arctic that's best covered under "Goofs".