This feature film made by decorated polar explorer Mark Terry is the first documented crossing of the Northwest Passage ever filmed. It showcases the scientific research and discoveries made by the scientists of ArcticNet during the three-week crossing. The findings were so significant, the film was invited to screen at the UN climate summit in Cancun that year, COP16, where it was used as a data resource in creating the resolution Enhanced Action on Adaptation: Section 2, Subsection25 in the Cancun Accord.
Awards:
2013 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal - Mark Terry - Governor General of Canada
2012 Best Documentary Feature - The Polar Explorer - Life Sciences Festival (Prague)
2012 The Norway Award - The Polar Explorer - Barents Ecology Film Festival (Russia)
2012 Best Science Documentary - The Polar Explorer - Scinema Film Festival (Brisbane)
2011 Gemini Humanitarian Award - Mark Terry - Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
2011 Community Leader Award - Mark Terry - David Suzuki Foundation
2011 Audience Choice Award - The Polar Explorer - American Conservation Society
2011 Jury Selection, Best Picture - The Polar Explorer - Festival of Water and Climate (Belgium)
2011 Best Experimental Film - The Polar Explorer - Alaska International Film Festival
2011 Silver Ace Award - The Polar Explorer - Las Vegas Film Festival
2011 Best Host / Narrator - Mark Terry - Los Angeles Movie Awards
2011 Best Documentary Feature - The Polar Explorer - Los Angeles Movie Awards
2010 Stefansson Medal - Mark Terry - The Explorers Club
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent on earth. However, events are unfolding here that may spell disaster for the rest of the world. Glaciers are melting at a rapid rate and threatening to flood the world’s oceans, penguins are walking to their death in inexplicable ...
“Toxic Time Bomb” is about the impact of industrial pollution on a community and about activists who have spent 30 years fighting to ensure that industry and government take responsibility for the destruction of the environment.
The film explores how land, water, and landscape are valued by communities along the Canadian north shore of Lake Superior. Speakers from towns, environmental organizations, and First Nation communities express diverse ecological and social themes affecting their region.
