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White Wilderness ()

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The wildlife of the arctic is explored in this true-life adventure.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Winston Hibler ...
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Volmer Sørensen ...
(Danish narrator) (as Sejr Volmer Sørensen)

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James Algar

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James Algar ... (written by)

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Walt Disney ... executive producer (uncredited)
Ben Sharpsteen ... producer

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Oliver Wallace

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Lloyd Beebe ... (photographed by)
Herb Crisler ... (photographed by)
Lois Crisler ... (photographed by)
James R. Simon ... (photographed by)
Hugh A. Wilmar ... (photographed by)

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Norman R. Palmer ... (as Norman Palmer)

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Erwin L. Verity ... production manager

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Robert O. Cook ... sound
James MacDonald ... sound effects (uncredited)

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Ub Iwerks ... special processes
Joshua Meador ... animation effects
Art Riley ... animation effects

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Dick Bird ... additional photographer
William H. Carrick ... additional photographer (as William Carrick)
Tom McHugh ... additional photographer
Cecil Rhode ... additional photographer
Rickard Tegström ... additional photographer (as Rickard Tegstrom)
Carl Thomsen ... additional photographer

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Evelyn Kennedy ... music editor
Clifford Vaughan ... orchestrator

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Walt Disney ... presenter
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Taglines From The Top Of The World! A fabulous new adventure in exciting entertainment See more »
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Also Known As
  • A True-Life Adventure: White Wilderness (United States)
  • Large Animals of the Arctic (United States)
  • The Lemmings and Arctic Bird Life (United States)
  • Witte Wildernis (New Zealand, English title)
  • Désert blanc (France)
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  • 72 min
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Trivia This picture was filmed in Alberta, Canada, which is not a native habitat for lemmings. They were imported from Manitoba for use in the film, and were purchased from Inuit children by the filmmakers. The Arctic rodents were placed on a snow-covered turntable and filmed from various angles to produce a "migration" sequence; afterwords, the helpless creatures were transported to a cliff overlooking a river and herded into the water. The entire sequence was faked using a handful of lemmings deceptively photographed to create the illusion of a large herd of migrating creatures. It was this film that perpetuated the myth in popular culture of lemming suicide, something that's never been reported to have occurred in real life. See more »
Goofs Contrary to popular belief repeated in this film, lemmings do not commit suicide en masse by jumping off cliffs into the sea. However cyclical population explosions do induce lemmings to migrate to unfamiliar territory where they are crowded and prone to accidents such as falling off cliffs or drowning but these are not considered suicide in any sense. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975). See more »
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