The Search for the Northwest Passage

Name: The Search for the Northwest Passage
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-03-24
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Maureen Bennett, Richard Betts, Kåre Conradi

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20052005
2h 10m

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A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and ... Read allA look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.

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Shown in the USA in February 2006 as a double episode of NOVA. The first part, "Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice, was re-edited and new footage added; the second part, "Ice Survivors," is essentially identical.

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We Need To See The Original Version!

I did not realize that we watched in the States was essentially a re-edited version of this documentary!

The part about Amudsen is unchanged. However, I have always been more interested in the Franklin Expedition and that was the part I wanted to see.

Still, even re-edited with scenes left out, Artic Passage was still a fine telling of this tragic tale. I only wish it would have been shown in its original form here in the States. I can't help but feel somewhat cheated.

If only this would be available so those who watched the NOVA re-edited edition could see it as it was meant to be.

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