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S16 Ep1

Toothwalkers: Giants of the Arctic Ice

Premiere: 10/12/1997

Features extremely rare under-the-ice footage that reveals a complex and potentially dangerous side to this huge and often mysterious mammal.

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TOOTHWALKERS: GIANTS OF THE ARCTIC ICE presents extremely rare under-the-ice footage that reveals a complex and potentially dangerous side to this huge and often mysterious mammal.

Filmmakers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson, who are husband and wife, have been studying the giant saber-toothed Arctic walrus for five years. To put his diving skills to use in learning about the walrus’s other existence — the one hidden deep below massive sheets of ice — Ravetch and Robertson accompany an Inuit hunting party in its arduous and hazardous quest for the food that will carry the Inuits and their dogs through the winter.

Clumsy as the walrus appears to be on land and ice, the animal is a majestic and extremely formidable creature in the water. The Inuits have learned this from experience — more than one hunter has been attacked in the water from below and dragged to his death in a crushing embrace.

Production Credits

Web Credits

Producer
RONNIE GODEANU

Art Director
SABINA DALEY

Designers
LENNY DROZNER
KAREN MATTSON
RADIK SHVARTS

Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE

Writer
KAREN DE SEVE

Production Artist
RUIYAN XU

Technical Director
BRIAN LEE

Scientific Consultant
GIANNA SAVOIE

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Television Credits

Directed by
ADAM RAVETCH

Written & Produced by
SARAH ROBERTSON

Director of Photography
ROB GARRARD

Editor
LORENZO MASSA

Production Manager
CARRIE MADU

Additional Camera Operators
ALAIN SAINT HILAIRE
SARAH ROBERTSON

Remote Operating Vehicle Provided by
HARDSUITS INC.

Remote Operating Vehicle Technician
JEFF HEATON

Support Diver
MARIO CYR

Legal Affairs
LAURIE McINNES

Production Accountant
JANA LUMSDEN

Sound Editor
TONY LANCETT

Sound Mixer
MIKE LIOTTA

Post Production Facilities
MAGNETIC SOUTH
MAGNETIC NORTH
MASTERS WORKSHOP

Thanks to the Communities of
ARCTIC BAY, NWT
IGLOOLIK, NWT
CORAL HARBOR, NWT

Northern Consultants
FRANK MAY
BRAD PARKER
GLEN WILLIAMS

Outfitters
IGLOOLIK OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT RENTALS
KAJJAARNAQ ARCTIC TOURS
NIGLASUK CO. LTD

Scientific Advisors
HAROLD WELCH
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES & OCEAN
BECKY SJARE
SUE COZENS

Executive Producers
JONATHAN GRUPPER
ANDY THOMPSON
BERNARD MACLEOD

Thanks to:
ENERGY PRODUCTIONS
VINCE PACE
JERRY SHAPIRO
HYDROSPHERE
TAM AKKITTIRQ
COMPLETE FILM & VIDEO
TAM DIVE
TONY GASTON
FIRST AIR
CANADIAN AIRLINES
AMPHIBICO

Toothwalkers wishes to give Special Acknowledgment to:
NIKON INC.
ROLEX WATCHES USA
ALAIN SAINT HILAIRE
PADI FOUNDATION
PADI PROJECT AWARE
PACE TECHNOLOGY
DACOR
VIKING

For NATURE

Narration Written by
SUSANE LEE

Science Editor
JANET HESS

Original Music by
MICHAEL WHALEN

Coordinating Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producer
JESSICA SIEGEL

Associate Producer
JILL CLARKE

Researcher
HILDY RUBIN

Production Assistants
KEVIN DOYLE
PATTY JACOBSON

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
JOHN SCHWALLY

Videotape Editors
BARRY GLINER
CHRISTOPHER SEWARD

Audio Mix
ED CAMPBELL

Supervising Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive Editor
GEORGE PAGE

Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN

A SARAH ROBERTSON & GREAT NORTH PRODUCTIONS INC. PRODUCTION in association with Thirteen/WNET New York, Discovery Channel Canada, Docstar, and Canal D with the assistance of The Canada Television & Cable Production Fund and The Government of Canada — Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program

This program was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York,
which is solely responsible for its content.

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