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Ice Town - Life On The Edge, People Die Here  Cover Image E-video E-video

Ice Town - Life On The Edge, People Die Here

Infobase, (film distributor.). BBC (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Christine and her lead dog Frantz prepare for the Trappers Trail, Svalbard's biggest dog sled race. Sixty-six-year-old taxi driver Wiggo is aiming to quit smoking tobacco with the help of an e-cigarette. Doctor Martin Eckhardt explains how his small team has dealt with frostbite, polar bear attacks, and emergency rescues.

Record details

  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (1 video file (47 min., 37 sec)) : sound.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016]
  • Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released by BBC, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 22, 2019.
Formatted Contents Note: Aspiring to Isolation (3:23); Aging and Arguing (4:46); Racing Disappointment (2:53); Death and Injury (3:36); Trappers Trail: Course and Start (5:31); Emergency Training (5:01); Trappers Trail: First Leg (5:02); Fourth Generation Svalbard (3:02); Injured at Sea (3:31); Trappers Trail: Longyear Glacier (5:49); Trappers Trail: Finish Line (2:58); Credits: People Die Here (0:32);
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description
Subject: Biotic communities
Ecological regions
Ecological zones
Environmental sciences
Genre: Internet videos.

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