Polar Film Stream

20 years after the release of Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express, it’s been confirmed that a sequel is now in development.

Every year in northern Canada, polar bears migrate to Hudson Bay to hunt seals. From October to November, while waiting for the ice pack to form, they take up residence on the outskirts of the town of Churchill. Hunted for a long time and now the stars of safaris, the bears have become a tourist attraction and therefore a considerable source of income for Churchill.

Hunters visit the home of a polar bear community, causing a bear parent to have to rescue its cub.

A moving depiction of the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change.

The day of her 19 years old, Erin discovers that she can travel exactly one year through time using her polaroid photos. Knowing this, she tries to warn her dead twin brother, Sam, about his looming fate...

The uncommon sight of polar bears wandering a colorful landscape during an iceless summer in Hudson Bay, Canada.

Shot mainly using spy cameras, this film gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator. As the film captures its intimate portrait of polar bears' lives, it reveals how their intelligence and curiosity help them cope in a world of shrinking ice.

An avalanche changes a polar bear's life, sending him on a journey across a barren fantasy world. A rich narrative exploration of mental health. Inspired by testimonials on bipolar disorder, this disorienting frame by frame animated short gives life to the experience of millions through fantasy, vivid colour, and metaphor.

A stubborn old man struggles with the changes and loss that occur as he and his group of close friends near their life's final chapter.

Five hundred miles from the North Pole, a scientific expedition is beset by the sea ice it has come to study. Three red kayaks, tiny specks in an austere wilderness, the team is in shock, its way forward blocked by a crumpled and pulverized wreckage of floes. Conditions are unrecognizable, no research can be done. With the Arctic Ocean collapsing all around them, they must escape the chaos by traversing Nares Strait, the most formidable passage of the polar North.

Based on the award-winning book by Harry Horse, The Last Polar Bears is the charming tale of an eccentric grandfather (narrated by Nigel Hawthorne) who embarks upon an expedition to the North Pole to find the Last Polar Bears. With him goes Roo—a dog of character and strong views—and a golf bag full of equipment. The intrepid explorers set sail on the good ship Unsinkable and embark upon the adventure of a lifetime. The story is told in the form of letters from Grandfather to his grandchild, which reinforce the poignancy and warmth of this charming tale.

This latest Air Canada program is hosted by the airline's Sr Director of Flight Operations Captain Rick Allen who takes you on Air Canada's nonstop service from Toronto to Hong Kong and back becoming the longest route in the World Air Routes series! For close to 4 and a half hours you will be informed as to all aspects of the Polar Operation from the planning stages by the dispatcher building the flight plan to all the details the crew needs to execute this trip before and during the 15hour flight. Enjoy this latest Flight in the Cockpit!

“You can’t tell by looking, but scientists say the Sun has just undergone an important change. Our star’s magnetic field has flipped.The Sun’s magnetic north pole, which was in the northern hemisphere just a few months ago, now points south. It’s a topsy-turvy situation, but not an unexpected one.The Sun’s magnetic poles will remain as they are now, with the north magnetic pole pointing through the Sun’s southern hemisphere, until the year 2012 when they will reverse again. This transition happens, as far as we know, at the peak of every 11-year sunspot cycle -- like clockwork.” David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, February 15, 2001

A look at the manufacture and use of Polar diesel engines.