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Iceland : Deep In The Polar Night
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Located in close proximity to the Polar Circle, Iceland experiences extreme winters. Cold weather and darkness invade the daily lives of the 300,000 Icelanders, but the rates of Seasonal Affective ...
Located in close proximity to the Polar Circle, Iceland experiences extreme winters. Cold weather and darkness invade the daily lives of the 300,000 Icelanders, but the rates of Seasonal Affective Disorder are lower than those in the other countries on the same latitudes. Bernard Fontanille travels to the Island of Fire and Ice to understand how its inhabitants adapted to their extreme environment. Remedies include: hydrotherapy, light therapy, social connection, and the consumption of cod liver oil.
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- Creator
- ARTE France
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : ARTE France, [2014]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016
- ©2014
- Series
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn965348712
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Originally released by ARTE France, 2014.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 22, 2016.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Iceland, Deep In The Polar Night: Introduction (1:42) -- Sleep Hormone (3:20) -- Fighting Seasonal Affective Disorder (3:47) -- Seasonal Depression (2:01) -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (4:25) -- Traditional Remedy (5:37) -- Icelandic Time Change? (2:00) -- Singing Reduces Melancholy? (2:20) -- Credits: Iceland, Deep In The Polar Night-World Medicine (0:22)