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Experience winter’s end and spring’s dawn in northern Greenland

Name: Return of the sun
Uploaded: 2013-09-11T17:54:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min
Description: Experience winter’s end and spring’s dawn in northern Greenland

The exquisitely beautiful landscape of northern Greenland comes back to life in the first days of sunlight after weeks of winter darkness. Following an Inuit ice fisherman and his son through their daily lives with their dogs, boat and gun, this film explores the effects of climate change on these Arctic communities.

Directors and Producers: Glen Milner, Ben Hilton

11 September 2013

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