Running Time: 8 x 60 mins
Year: 2016
Original Broadcast Date: November 20, 2016

synopsis

A unique journey of discovery to some of the most isolated places in the Canadian Arctic, including Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world. With 4K drone-mounted cameras, we access mountains, glaciers, ice caves and spectacular vistas no helicopter or human could ever reach. Arctic Secrets brings viewers unique and intimate images of the Arctic’s most iconic wildlife: polar bear, muskox, caribou, ringed and harp seals, and beluga, bowhead and Orca whales, revealing how they are struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing climate. We also follow scientists studying the thinning Arctic ice and explore the fascinating lives of traditional Inuit peoples.

EPISODES

Ep. 1 - Land of Extremes
Take a fascinating look into the Arctic seasons and the impact that rising sea levels have on local wildlife.

Ep. 2 - Devon Island - Land of Ice
Devon Island in Nunavut is the largest uninhabited island in the world - and with good reason.

Ep. 3 - Delta Discoveries
The Mackenzie Delta is a network of channels and islands at the mouth of Canada's largest river.

Ep. 4 - Fall On The Tundra
As the days shorten and the temperature drops, inhabitants of Nunavik prepare to face the approaching Arctic winter.

Ep. 5 - Wild Seas
On the north-east coast of Baffin Island, in Canada's Arctic, lies Ninginganiq, a blustery wilderness where only the intrepid travel.

Ep. 6 - Rythym of the Bay
At the mighty Hudson Bay the Arctic extends its icy reach deep into the North American continent.

Ep. 7 - Yukon Wild
The Yukon is a true wilderness, one of the last on earth. The vast land got its name from its longest river, which the Gwich'in, one of the indigenous people of the region, call Yu-kun-ah...the "great river."

Ep. 8 - Waiting For Winter
It's November at Cape Tatnam. Winter is coming to the lower Western shore of Hudson Bay. But the ice, which should be forming on Hudson Bay by now is nowhere to be seen.

Credits

Directed By Allan Code
Producers: Allan Code, Peter Raymont, Andrew Munger


Produced in Association with Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature and The Smithsonian Channel A Production of White Pine Pictures and Nah Ho Productions

NOMINEE
2018 CANADIAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARD

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(James Yates)