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Northern Studies

Town At the Top of the World

News Special

Item #: Y8R-07-08

Travel to Grise Fjord Canada's most northerly non-miltary community. See how people survive less than 1,600 kilometres from the North Pole.

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Availability: In stock

Format
DVD

Digital license
also available

Production Year
2007

Length
44:00

Grade Level
7-12, AD, PS

Town At the Top of the World

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A government experiment dropped a community into one of Canada’s most unforgiving landscapes. From the struggle to overcome those odds, the community of Grise Fjord has succeeded. What does it take to live in a place where it is dark half of the year and isolated all the time? Travel to Canada's most northerly non-military community. This program examines that thriving community, less than 1,600 kilometres from the North Pole.