Agency:.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.

Director, Dalton Muir ; cinematography, Dalton Muir ; director, Hugh O'Connor ; cinematography, Hugh O'Connor ; director, Strowan Robertson ; cinematography, Strowan Robertson ; producer, Hugh O'Connor ; executive producer, Jacques Bobet ; script, Gilbert Choquette ; editing, William Greaves ; music, Robert Fleming.

Recorded 1958.

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.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Meritorious Citation, 1960

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).