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The Edge of the barrens

Canada, 1963
film

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 perm..

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Above the timberline: the alpine tundra zone

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High Arctic: life on the land

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Arctic jungle

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Top of the world: taiga, tundra, ice-cap

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White safari

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Hunters of the North Pole

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To sense the wonder

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The Enduring wilderness

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Animals of the Arctic

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Land of the long day

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Canada, 1974
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