Arctic IV

Domville, James de B., (film director.). Low, Colin, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Arctic IV is a fascinating document of extraordinary efforts to penetrate beyond the known frontiers of science. These efforts involve chipping through six feet or more of ice, then jumping into the frigid, watery depths at the North Pole and at Resolute Bay. In the unbroken daylight of an Arctic spring, film cameras follow Dr. Joseph MacInnis, a specialist in underwater medicine, and his scientific crew as they probe, explore, and test the polar depths. Oil, these divers prove, can penetrate the ice from below and accelerate the melting on the surface. They also find dead spots in the ocean, and identify the chemical defoliants used in far-off Vietnam in samples taken during the dives. Arctic IV is an exciting, eyewitness view of what it is like to explore the unknown world beneath the Arctic ice.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (57 min., 51 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ♭1975

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, James de B. Domville ; producer, Colin Low ; script, Donald Brittain ; cinematography, Ernest McNabb, Rick Mason ; sound, Raymond Marcoux, Ken Page ; editing, David Wilson, Peter Starr ; sound editing, Peter Starr ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel ; music, Ben Low.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1975.
Target Audience Note:	14-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Special Mention, 1977
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).