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Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama look at the issues facing the largest wilderness area in North America from the perspective of a 2,000 km canoe journey from Yellowknife, NWT to Rankin Inlet, NT.

Departing the arctic capital of Yellowknife with 40 days of food,Frank Wolf and Taku Hokoyama strike out into the largest wilderness area in North America. The region contains one of the highest concentrations of land mammals on earth and the pair encounter arctic wolves, the caribou migration, musk ox and- most importantly- make the first ever recording of a rare and elusive creature not previously thought to exist in northern Canada. Through interviews with politicians, First Nation chiefs, elders and others living in the few communities that frame the wilderness they present a clear picture of the area and the issues that face the land and its people.—Frank Wolf

A 2,000 km arctic canoe journey from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet provides the setting for this intimate, sideways look at the largest wilderness area in North America. Home to some of the greatest populations of large mammals on earth, pressures from industry and climate change make the future of this sanctuary uncertain. From the deepest heart of the barrenlands, the filmmakers have emerged with a compelling portrait of the landscape and a new discovery that will shock the natural world.—Anonymous