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1) Arctic
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A man (Mads Mikkelson) stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive. Nominated for a Golden Camera Award at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*ARTIC tells this story of self-reliance and survival with such austerity and absolute integrity that the results are breathtaking...*" - Oliver Jones, **Observer**...
2) Arctic dogs
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Arctic Dogs follows the hilarious misadventures of Swifty the Arctic Fox (Jeremy Renner), who stumbles upon a dark scheme by the villainous Otto Von Walrus (John Cleese) to melt the Arctic. To stop this sinister plot, Swifty enlists the help of his ragtag group of friends: PB (Alec Baldwin), a neurotic polar bear; Lemmy (James Franco), a scatterbrained albatross; Jade Fox (Heidi Klum), a brainy engineer; Leopold (Omar Sy) and Bertha (Klum), two conspiracy...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Citizens living in Fortitude, an Arctic town hailed as the safest place on Earth, are rocked to the core by the murder of one of their own. A detective is quickly flown in from out-of-town to assist the local Chief of Police with the investigation of the town's first-ever violent crime and the two men must work together despite the deep mistrust each has for the other.
6) Slash/back
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In Pangnirtung, Canada, just 31 miles south of the Arctic Circle, it₂s just a typical summer day with no school, no cool boys (well... except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her friends, everything changes when they discover an alien invasion threatening their small village. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they fight to show the aliens that you...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
When intergalactic space explorers Nick and Sammy get assigned their first mission they must travel to a distant planet named Earth to save a little penguin who is stranded on a collapsing ice shelf. In this educational adventure our intrepid space explorers will learn everything about the Arctic and its fascinating inhabitants. With arch-nemesis Rumble and Tumble hot on their heels, Nick and Sammy must race the clock to make it to the Arctic and...
9) British Ice
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Working for the British High Commission, Harrison Fleet is posted to a remote arctic island which is still, inexplicably, under British rule. As he struggles to understand why, and what interests he is protecting, Harrison learns just how much of the land and its community lies in the shadow cast by the outpost's founder. Caught between hostile locals, the British Government, and an unforgiving physical environment, he begins dragging dark secrets
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In his lifetime Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist who was better known for his offbeat scientific adventures than for his now famous theory of continental drift. In this lushly imagined and beautifully written novel, Clare Dudman charts his life from his 1880 birth to his last daring Arctic exploration in 1930. Dudman vividly chronicles the key episodes that punctuated his life, such as his 1906 record-setting long-distance balloon flight;...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Citizens living in Fortitude, an Arctic town hailed as the safest place on Earth, are rocked to the core by the murder of one of their own. A detective is quickly flown in from out-of-town to assist the local Chief of Police with the investigation of the town's first-ever violent crime and the two men must work together despite the deep mistrust each has for the other.
12) Pym: a novel
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A comic journey into the ultimate land of whiteness by an unlikely band of African American adventurers. Jaynes is obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe's only novel ; when he discovers a crude slave narrative that seems to confirm the reality of Poe's fiction, he resolves to seek out Tsalal, imagining it to be a key to his personal salvation.
13) The North water
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, disgraced ex-army surgeon Patrick Sumner signs up as the ship's doctor on an ill-fated Arctic whaling expedition. Soon he's confronted by a new horror, the brutish killer Henry Drax. When Sumner and his crewmates are left stranded on the merciless Arctic wasteland, he discovers just how far he's prepared to go against the savagery of nature and man.
15) The journey home
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
Description
When Luke discovers that a young polar bear cub has been separated from his mother, he sets out to find a way to reunite the two. Setting out across a frozen landscape, it is up to Luke to protect himself and the cub from the dangers of the wild and the elements to help the cub find his way home.
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English
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Expansive take on the Philip Pullman fantasy novels from BBC and HBO stars Dafne Keen as Lyra Belaqua, the college-raised orphan from a mystical parallel-world Britain whose investigation into strange child disappearances leads her to the shrouded truth about her parentage... and into amazing adventures that span multiple universes.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Citizens living in Fortitude, an Arctic town hailed as the safest place on Earth, are rocked to the core by the murder of one of their own. A detective is quickly flown in from out-of-town to assist the local Chief of Police with the investigation of the town's first-ever violent crime and the two men must work together despite the deep mistrust each has for the other.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Join Naya and her friends as they embrace numerous quests in the Arctic. One might think that a young girl would get bored living in the Arctic but not Naya! Every day is an adventure with her and her friends. Each story starts with the sea washing ashore an item and then throughout the story, Naya and friends learn the purpose of the item. Your little one is sure to enjoy these heart-warming adventures that teach children fundamental human values...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of March of the Penguins and Chimpanzee, this triumphant coming-of-age tale that is sure to delight viewers of all ages. After three years at sea, Rex, a King Penguin, heads home to South Georgia Island, which lies just north of the frozen vastness of Antarctica. Unsure of what the world has to offer, Rex decides to get marriage and start a family.
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