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Strait through the ice
Détroit surgi de la glace. English.
- Summary
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Climate change is opening the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic for shipping. Examines the ecological and geopolitical ramifications.
Details
- Creator
- presented by Icarus Films ; ARTE France, Auteurs Associés present ; in association with RDI ; RTBF Television Belge ; Television Suisse Romande (TSR) ; with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie and of PROCIREP/ANGOA ; a film written and directed by Yves Billy
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Billy, Yves, screenwriter, film director
- Leonard, Peter, narrator
- ARTE France
- Auteurs Associés
- Procirep (Firm)
- Association of Non-Governmental Organisations of Aotearoa
- Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française
- RDI
- Radio-télévision suisse romande
- Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
- Icarus Films
- Publication
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- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2006]
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (512 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Credits
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- Narration by Peter Leonard
- Image, Richard Prost ; editing, Cecile Coolen ; music, Serge Kochyne ; animation, Mira Productions, Thierry Gentet ; cartography, Benedicte Roland, Christophe Gauthier
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: ARTE France, Auteurs Associés, c2006.
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- In English and French with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
Subjects
- Global warming -- Environmental aspects -- Northwest Passage.
- Northwest Passage -- Environmental conditions.
- Northwest Passage -- Strategic aspects.
- Arctic Ocean -- Strategic aspects.
- Ice -- Northwest Passage.
- Petroleum reserves -- Law and legislation -- Arctic Ocean.
- Law of the sea -- Arctic Ocean.
- Maritime law -- Arctic Ocean.
- Sovereignty.
- Jurisdiction over ships at sea -- Arctic Ocean.
- Territorial waters -- United States.
- Territorial waters -- Canada.
- Territorial waters -- Denmark.
- Territorial waters -- Norway.
- Territorial waters -- Russia.