Versions:.Also, combined with High Arctic: Life on the Land, produced in an abridged version of 10 min. 48 sec. under the title High Arctic, title code: 106C 0159 058.

Director, Dalton Muir ; camera, Dalton Muir ; producer, Hugh O'Connor ; executive producer, Tom Daly ; commentary, Strowan Robertson ; editing, William Greaves ; music, Robert Fleming.

Narrator, Michael Kane.

Recorded 1958.

A study of the geological evolution that has gone on for millions of years. Treeless wastes bear evidence of glaciers that advanced and receded, and of life forms that changed with the climate. The film tracks the cataclysmic forces that passed over this Arctic land.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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