Abandoned in the Arctic

2007· 96 min★ 8.2· Documentary

A team of scientists, field guides and a descendant of U.S. polar explorer Adolphus Greely set out to retrace the 1881 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition’s perilous attempt to build a scientific research station on Ellesmere Island near the North Pole. Chronicle their modern-day journey by kayak with a historical retelling of the Greely expedition through diary entries, letters and archival photographs.

Cast: Stephen Smith, Bob Saunders, Julia Szucs

Director: Gino Del Guercio