
A documentary of the voyage of the "CGS Beothic" as it sails to the North Pole..
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If you have a soft spot for grainy, black-and-white ice and don't mind a lack of plot, you should probably watch this. It is basically a high-stakes home movie for people who enjoy history and getting frostbite by proxy. If you need a fast-paced story or snappy dialogue, you are going to hate every second of this. It'...


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"If you have a soft spot for grainy, black-and-white ice and don't mind a lack of plot, you should probably watch this. It is basically a high-stakes home movie for people who enjoy history and getting frostbite by proxy. If you need a fast-paced story or snappy dialogue, you are going to hate every second of this. It's slow. Like, glacially slow, literally. Richard S. Finnie is the guy behind the lens, and he’s stuck on the CGS Beothic. The ship looks like a tiny toy boat when it is shoved up ..."


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