ARCTIC OUTPOST

Duration: 21 min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: An account of life in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories, a tiny settlement on a wind-swept fiord of the Eastern Arctic. The town is a meeting place of Eskimo and white people, a trading and communications center whose influence is greater than its size. Documents the way of life of the inhabitants during the long Arctic winter and the short but beautiful summer.

Complete Record: Source: IntFlmBur Interest level: el-jh-sh Price: $195, rent $9 Format: sd color Catalog numbers: EFLA evaluation card No. 4486

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)