Breaking the Ice: The Crossing

When two friends decide to traverse Victoria Island in Canada's extreme north and capture their adventure on film, the result is an alluring account of man overcoming nature. But according to Anthony Carew, the documentary is also about the changing face of geographic exploration in this pictures-or-it-didn't-happen digitised world.

Additional keywords: Clark Carter, Chris Bray, Julian Harvey, expedition, travel, Arctic, Tracks, John Curran, Robyn Davidson, Australian Geographic.