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White Wolves: Ghosts of the Arctic

  • Video
  • 2017
  • 45m
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White Wolves: Ghosts of the Arctic (2017)
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We follow a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, in Canada's far north, as they struggle to raise their pups in the brief arctic summer. Hidden in her den, the alpha female of the pack gives ... Read allWe follow a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, in Canada's far north, as they struggle to raise their pups in the brief arctic summer. Hidden in her den, the alpha female of the pack gives birth to a new generation. Time is of the essence: her pups need to grow quickly and they ... Read allWe follow a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, in Canada's far north, as they struggle to raise their pups in the brief arctic summer. Hidden in her den, the alpha female of the pack gives birth to a new generation. Time is of the essence: her pups need to grow quickly and they have much to learn if they are to survive the merciless winter ahead.

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    • Oliver Goetzl
  • Writer
    • Barbara Doran
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    • Director
      • Oliver Goetzl
    • Writer
      • Barbara Doran
    • 7User reviews
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      • 15 wins & 1 nomination total

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    1patchesbooks

    cut out the barbaric scenes

    I think wolves are beautiful but the scenes with the wolf being mauled and shreaded to pieces made me cry. Wtf is wrong w/you putting that in a documentary? Brutal scene the poor wolf was on his way leaving you stating he's paying the price. I can't believe you showed this whole clip on that. This scene bothered me more than hearing the crunching on the pups skill while killing them. Only giving you 2/10 for your poor taste of graphicness.
    4natambo

    It could have been magnificent...

    This documentary was too graphic to be enjoyable. I have no issue with seeing the realities of nature, of animals hunting one another or of death. However, there was something sadistic about the way the scenes lingered on wolves being killed, wolves in the process of dying or in showing their dead bodies, especially when both adults and wolf pups were portrayed in this way.

    There were some good parts, especially seeing the other animals in the Arctic environment, but the good did not outweigh the bad. As a result I would not recommend this film. The creators should consider shifting into horror movies where their skills would be better received.
    10sajjadsherazi

    Captures moments unseen on screen before

    I have seen a lot of wolves documentaries, but this series captures some rare scenes. Pure gold content for the whole run time.
    7flightsofbirds

    GRAPHIC

    It captured a lot of incredible moments, but... I did NOT need to see a wolf starve to death, nor one getting torn apart alive! If I had known this documentary was so graphic, I would have skipped it. Why do you not have a graphic content warning at the beginning?! Thanks for the traumatic experience.
    10karirosie-05994

    Beautiful creatures

    Wolves are beautiful, intelligent creatures loyal and protective of their own. Just like humans. It's amazing to see their struggles and reliance to feed themselves and their own. Nature is nature, we should not meddle in what's their circle of life. Great documentary.

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