NFB Collection
Arctic Survival
198220 min 52 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Nick Bakyta
Script: Glenn Ludlow
Produced for the NFB by Tinsel & Sham Productions Ltd. for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
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Disaster strikes 3,000 feet in the air. The impact of an emergency landing on frozen tundra kills a member of the plane crew. There is no time to mourn. Daylight is short and weather unpredictable. Survival in this bleak, barren landscape depends on a tight choreography of procedures. The crew evacuate the metal plane for a tent protected with a snow wall. The nex day, they erect an igloo. Plane fuel becomes stove fuel. A crisp, no-nonsense film that emphasizes the techniques, psychology and behaviour necessary for survival in extreme cold.
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Subject categories
- Transportation > Air Safety and Emergency MeasuresMilitary Aircraft and AirfieldsWinter Conditions
- Safety > AviationSurvival Methods
- Health/Personal Development > Healthy Relationships
- Geography > Natural ResourcesThe ArcticWeather and Climatology
Credits
- director
- Nick Bakyta
- script
- Glenn Ludlow
- editing
- Glenn Ludlow
- photography
- Andy Oppen
- sound
- Michèle Gabereau
- re-recording
- Barry P. Jones
- cast
- Roger Périard
- Paulette Desaulniers
- René Aubin
- Ben Pariseau
- Marc Dumais
- Wilf Dubé