Versions:.Also, combined with The Face of the High Arctic, 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, Maurice Blackburn.

Narrator, Michael Kane.

Recorded 1958.

An ecological study, in full colour, of plant and animal life on the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadian Arctic, and of the life cycles that are the law of nature even in these frozen wastelands. Animals such as the musk-ox, lemming and arctic hare, and various forms of plant life, are seen as part of an evolution that began in pre-history.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Second Prize - category: Natural History, 1960 Chris Award Plaque, 1960 Honourable Mention - Category: Documentary, 1961

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