| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 10 sec.) ; 316809256 bytes |
| Summary |
The Arctic is on the point of enormous, irreversible change, and this documentary series highlights what that means to those who make their lives there. Over the course of one bright Arctic summer, Bruce Parry and the Bafta-winning production team travel nearly 17,700 km through Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Norway.This beautifully-filmed series captures all the incredible scenery of the Arctic Circle as Bruce uncovers the fascinating stories of fishermen in the Bering Sea, oil workers tapping the vast wealth of the Alaskan reserve, native hunters desperately clinging on to the last breath of their culture and scientists mapping the shrinking ice cap.It's summer solstice in Siberia, a time of endless daylight and extraordinary festivals. Bruce Parry journeys to meet the Sakha horse people and a remote encampment of Eveny reindeer herders in the wild Verkhoyansk Mountains, where he finds out how they are embracing the challenges of a post- Soviet Arctic.For Bruce, it's also a journey of personal discovery as he goes in search of the ancient shamanic religion of these wild northern lands. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 5) *New Series* PG CC |
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Broadcast 2012-02-22 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Reindeer herders.
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Shamanism -- Customs and practices.
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Shamanism -- Rituals.
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Spiritual life.
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Yakut (Turkic people) -- Social life and customs.
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Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Searle, Gavin, director
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Parry, Bruce, host
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