Filming in the Arctic: Then and Now

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 22:13
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Radio Canada International’s The Link did an in-depth interview this week on the black-and-white silent film The Romance of the Far Fur Country.

The film was originally commissioned by the Hudson’s Bay Company to commemorate their 250th anniversary in 1920.

Shot in 1919, the film faded from public consciousness after its release. But Canadian historian Peter Geller tracked down the original footage in London, England and brought it back to Canada.

I’ve been looking at some of the stills from the shoot on the website returnfarfurcountry.com today.

It got me thinking about our own filming in the Arctic.

Filming in 1919:

Filming in 2010:

Things haven’t really changed that much have they?

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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Filming in 1919:

Filming in 2010:

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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