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Catalogue Number: A292-002
Producer: Artcam Production
Producers: Ardoin, Nina
Directors: Deiller, Manuel
Producing Agencies: Artcam Production
Subject: Canadian World Studies, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Global Studies, Science, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: France
Copyright Year: 2016
Running Time: 56:49
Longyearbyen: A Bipolar City
Catalogue Number: A292-002
Producer: Artcam Production
Producers: Ardoin, Nina
Directors: Deiller, Manuel
Producing Agencies: Artcam Production
Subject: Canadian World Studies, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Global Studies, Science, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: France
Copyright Year: 2016
Running Time: 56:49
In the Arctic, the Norwegian city of Longyearbyen, extracts coal for one hundred years as an energic and economic source, which stirs many environmental paradoxes. In 2015, the mayor election year, the coal prices fall and the issue of sustainable development starts to emerge in the minds. According to some scientists, politicians and city locals, Longyearbyen is now facing a race against the clock.