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Last Days of the Arctic
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Last Days of the Arctic

Aug 17, 2011
1h 30m
★ 5.5

Overview

Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series Faces of the North are a living document of the dying cultures of the far northern reaches of the planet. His photo essays of farmers and fishermen in Icleand, and of the great hunters of Greenland give an amazing insight into everyday life of people who struggle a daily battle with the Arctic nature. A celebration of the photographer and his subjects, Last Days of the Arctic is an elegy for a disappearing landscape and the people who inhabit it.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Sagafilm
ARTE
ITVS
BBC
Beetz Brothers Film Production
NDR

Last Days of the Arctic Trailers

Cast

Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson

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