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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Ice Station Zebra, treacherously perched at the top of the world, silently guards a secret that will change the balance of world power forever. America's only hope rests with the speed and courage of the fighting men in the nuclear sub Tigerfish.
3) Arctic
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Overgard is a resourceful yet increasingly desperate man stranded in a remote, snow-covered wilderness. After a plane crash in an icy wasteland, Overgard must live by his wits as he waits for help to arrive. But when a long-awaited rescue effort fails, he faces a life-or-death decision: remain in the relative safety of his camp and hope to be found or embark on an arduous trek that may be the only hope for both him and a critically injured stranger....
5) Fortitude
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
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.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A polar bear of many words, Norm's greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do: he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the Big Apple, big business, and a big identity crisis to save the day.
Publisher
BBC
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.
9) Arctic tale
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Follow Nanu the polar bear cub and Seela the walrus pup through exciting and often dangerous struggles for survival, with only their natural instincts and mothers' guidance to help them face the challenges of a world that is melting around them.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Franklin Expedition to chart the Northwest Passage vanished 160 years ago. Nova is on board as a Canadian team makes a breakthrough discovery of one of Franklin's lost ships, a vital new clue to the fate of the ill-fated expedition.
11) Wild Arctic
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Creatures carve out a grueling existence amongst vast snow-forests and the brutal tundra. During winter, the Arctic Ocean locks these lands in ice and 24 hours of night, but summer brings around the clock sun, and the ocean and its islands burst into life attracting animals from all over the globe, for a summer feeding frenzy.
12) Arctic dogs
Publisher
Entertainment Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Swifty, the Arctic Fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus' plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to...
14) Helix: Season 1
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
A thriller about a team of scientists thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation after being deployed to the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be a disease outbreak.
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