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Islands of the Frozen Sea
195829 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dalton MuirHugh O'ConnorStrowan Robertson
Production: Hugh O'ConnorJacques Bobet
Script: Gilbert Choquette
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the assistance of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Department of Transport and Spartan Air Service.
A review of life forms on the Queen Elizabeth Islands within the Arctic Circle. Even in this frigid zone of icebergs and glaciers a surprising variety of wildlife and vegetation is to be seen. Writings from the logbooks of early explorers provide vivid descriptions of scenes as arresting to them in their century as to today's explorer.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Animal LifeArctic Plants and WildlifeArctic RegionPlant Life
- Geography and Geology > Arctic Region
- Animals > Arctic WildlifeEcosystems
- Plants > Ecosystems
Credits
- director
- Dalton Muir
- Hugh O'Connor
- Strowan Robertson
- cinematography
- Dalton Muir
- Hugh O'Connor
- Strowan Robertson
- producer
- Hugh O'Connor
- executive producer
- Jacques Bobet
- script
- Gilbert Choquette
- editing
- William Greaves
- music
- Robert Fleming
Awards
- Meritorious CitationScholastic Teachers Magazine Annual Film Awards