Documentary backdrop image for Sub-igloo (2022)

202220 minGdoc-short

Scientific Research

Sub-igloo

202220 minGdoc-short

A Canadian scientific expedition in Resolute Bay successfully installed a plastic dome on the Arctic Ocean floor to support research beneath the ice.

Scientific Research

Genres

Channel: NFB

Sub-igloo

2022• 20 minG

Synopsis

A Canadian scientific expedition in Resolute Bay successfully installed a plastic dome on the Arctic Ocean floor to support research beneath the ice.

Synopsis

A Canadian scientific expedition in Resolute Bay successfully deployed a plastic dome on the Arctic Ocean floor, serving as a workshop and rest station for researchers working beneath the ice. The film details the extensive planning and on-site improvisation required to cut through thick ice and securely anchor the dome in the harsh Arctic environment. Directed by James de B. Domville and Joseph MacInnis, "Sub-igloo" provides a comprehensive look at the challenges faced during this innovative project.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Nanook of the North (1922)

Nanook of the North

1922•1h19m•★7.1TMDB

The 1922 film depicts the lives of the Inuit people in northern Quebec, illustrating their survival techniques in a harsh climate.

Nanook of the North

Arctic IV (2020)

Arctic IV

Five men, led by Dr. Joe McGinnis, lower themselves into the Arctic Ocean for the first time in history to study its underwater environment.

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf (2025)

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf

In 2016, a team of scientists undertook a massive operation to relocate the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica 23 kilometers away from a threatening ice chasm.

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon) (2025)

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon)

Construction of the Korean Jang Bogo Antarctic Station in Antarctica faces extreme conditions and challenges over five years of site investigations and building efforts.

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon)

Storming Antarctica (2021)

Storming Antarctica

Over 70 research bases built by 30 countries operate in Antarctica, where temperatures can drop to 135.8 degrees below zero.

Storming Antarctica

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier (2026)

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier

Alex Honnold and glaciologist Heidi Sevestre attempt to climb the Ingmikortilaq sea wall in Greenland while researching climate change's impact on glaciers.

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier

Extreme Science on the Doomsday Glacier: Live in Antarctica with Miles O'Brien (2026)

Extreme Science on the Doomsday Glacier: Live in Antarctica with Miles O'Brien

In Antarctica, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and New York University face challenges as the Doomsday Glacier melts, impacting their data collection efforts.

Extreme Science on the Doomsday Glacier: Live in Antarctica with Miles O'Brien

Quest for the Uncharted World: Greenland (2023)

Quest for the Uncharted World: Greenland

A team of scientists and adventurers embarks on a 50-day expedition across 100 kilometers of Greenland's remote Renland Peninsula to study melting glaciers.

Quest for the Uncharted World: Greenland

Alaskan Dinosaurs (2025)

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists explore the Arctic Circle to study how dinosaurs thrived in extreme cold and darkness during the Cretaceous period.

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Could You Handle the Artic Circle Experiment? (2025)

Could You Handle the Artic Circle Experiment?

Volunteers stranded in the Arctic Circle test their limits using the Wim Hof method and other hacks.

Could You Handle the Artic Circle Experiment?

Cataclysm: Is Earth Due Its Most Devastating Earthquake Yet? (2019)

Cataclysm: Is Earth Due Its Most Devastating Earthquake Yet?

An earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher releases as much energy as a billion tons of TNT, threatening millions living near major fault lines.

Cataclysm: Is Earth Due Its Most Devastating Earthquake Yet?

Danish Bridge Near Miss - Massive Engineering Mistakes (2024)

Danish Bridge Near Miss - Massive Engineering Mistakes

A 450,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Texas experienced catastrophic explosions, illustrating the severe consequences of engineering mistakes worldwide.

Danish Bridge Near Miss - Massive Engineering Mistakes

Explore Sub-igloo

Browse more like this

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf (2025)

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf

In 2016, a team of scientists undertook a massive operation to relocate the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica 23 kilometers away from a threatening ice chasm.

Saving A $28 Million Antarctic Base From A Collapsing Ice Shelf

No digital watch option in your country

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon) (2025)

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon)

Construction of the Korean Jang Bogo Antarctic Station in Antarctica faces extreme conditions and challenges over five years of site investigations and building efforts.

Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon)

No digital watch option in your country

Storming Antarctica (2021)

Storming Antarctica

Over 70 research bases built by 30 countries operate in Antarctica, where temperatures can drop to 135.8 degrees below zero.

Storming Antarctica

No digital watch option in your country

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier (2026)

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier

Alex Honnold and glaciologist Heidi Sevestre attempt to climb the Ingmikortilaq sea wall in Greenland while researching climate change's impact on glaciers.

Alex Honnold Climbs a Glacier

No digital watch option in your country

Alaskan Dinosaurs (2025)

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Paleontologists explore the Arctic Circle to study how dinosaurs thrived in extreme cold and darkness during the Cretaceous period.

Alaskan Dinosaurs

No digital watch option in your country

Arctic Drift (2020)

Arctic Drift

2020•1h29m•★6.2TMDB

In September 2019, the German icebreaker 'Polarstern' set out on the largest Arctic expedition ever, aiming to reach the North Pole.

The Last Igloo (2019)

The Last Igloo

2019•1h28m•★7.7TMDB

Zacharias Kunuk constructs an igloo in the Arctic, highlighting traditional hunting methods and the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.

The Last Continent (2007)

The Last Continent

2007•2h•★5.0TMDB

A crew spends 430 days aboard the Sedna IV in Antarctica to measure the impacts of global warming in one of the planet's most vulnerable regions.

The Last Continent

Kingdom of the Polar Bears (2021)

Kingdom of the Polar Bears

2021•44m•★8.0TMDB

A team of polar bear guides attempts to follow the bears on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, documenting their hunting strategies and adaptations to climate change.

Kingdom of the Polar Bears

Abandoned in the Arctic (2007)

Abandoned in the Arctic

2007•1h36m•★6.0TMDB

A team of scientists and field guides retraces the 1881 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition on Ellesmere Island, facing severe challenges in the Arctic.

Abandoned in the Arctic

Into the Ice (2022)

Into the Ice

2022•1h25m•★7.4TMDB

Three leading scientists analyze ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet to gather data on historical climate patterns and current climate change.

Life on Ice (1986)

Life on Ice

1986•27m•★9.0TMDB

Over 20 species, including narwhals, polar bears, and walruses, inhabit the harsh Arctic climates at the edge of the ice.

The Earthing Movie (2019)

The Earthing Movie

2019•1h15m•★8.5TMDB

Standing barefoot on the earth can promote healing in the body, according to a 75-minute documentary released in 2019.

The Earthing Movie

Bizarre Dinosaurs (2009)

Bizarre Dinosaurs

2009•48m•★6.4TMDB

A Mamenchisaurus had a neck longer than its body, illustrating the bizarre adaptations of various dinosaur species.

Bizarre Dinosaurs

A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift (2021)

A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift

2021•1h8m•★8.2TMDB

A team of 300 scientists conducts research in the Arctic over the course of a year to gather data on climate change and its global impact.

A Year in the Ice: The Arctic Drift

Ice Passengers (1993)

Ice Passengers

1993•24m•★10.0TMDB

A team films at depths of 150 meters in Greenland's Inlandis glacier, which is four times the size of France, during a summer 1992 expedition.

Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice (2011)

Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice

2011•1h40m•★7.5TMDB

Advanced spy cameras capture intimate moments of polar bears as they adapt to their shrinking ice habitat in the Arctic.

Polar Bear - Spy on the Ice

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →