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The Edge of the Barrens
196413 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dalton Muir
Production: Hugh O'ConnorTom Daly
Script: Hugh O'Connor
A distinguished film study of the tundra of Canada's sub-Arctic. It stretches from the polar sea to the southern treeline and supports, despite the permafrost, a surprising variety of life. Here you see the ungainly musk-ox, survivor of the Ice Age, and herds of caribou following the migrant trails; also birds and flowers, smaller animals, and insects.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Arctic Plants and WildlifeArctic Region
- Geography and Geology > Arctic Region
- Animals > Arctic WildlifeEcosystemsMammals
Credits
- director
- Dalton Muir
- camera
- Dalton Muir
- producer
- Hugh O'Connor
- commentary
- Hugh O'Connor
- executive producer
- Tom Daly
- sound
- Roger Lamoureux
- Ron Alexander
- editing
- John Spotton
- sound editing
- Sidney Pearson
- music
- Robert Fleming
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award for Best Film of the FestivalYorkton Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: Natural HistoryYorkton Film Festival
- Special MentionInternational Exhibition of Scientific Films
- Diploma of HonourInternational Exhibition of Scientific Films
- Second Prize - Category: Children's FilmsMostra Internatzionale del Cinema
- Plaque - First PrizeFilm Festival