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• Actors: Mike Horn
• Directors: Raphaël Blanc
• Producers: Arktos: The Internal Journey of Mike Horn ( Arktos - Le voyage intérieur ) ( Mike Horn - Le voyage i, Arktos: The Internal Journey of Mike Horn, Arktos - Le voyage intérieur, Mike Horn - Le voyage intérieur
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 4 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Umbrella Entertainment
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001MUJECC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,890 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: After travelling all around the globe along the Equator for 'Latitude Zero', Mike Horn has achieved his most intense solo expedition thus far: a journey around the polar circle against all winds and currents. "Arktos: The Inner Journey of Mike Horn" is the story of this incredible adventure, from the detailed preparations to the arrival in North Cape. This movie presents the extent of the extraordinary determination of Mike Horn. He spent more than two years in extreme conditions: his fingers froze off, he risked his life on raging seas, he pulled himself out of the Arctic Ocean after the ice broke under him, and he almost froze to death. In these terrible conditions, any mistake can have fatal repercussions. He owes his life to the solidarity of the northern man. ...Arktos: The Internal Journey of Mike Horn ( Arktos - Le voyage intérieur ) ( Mike Horn - Le voyage intérieur )

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic documentary about an amazing adventurer, January 23, 2010

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This review is from: Arktos: The Internal Journey of Mike Horn ( Arktos - Le voyage intérieur ) ( Mike Horn - Le voyage intérieur ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

A fantastic documentary about an amazing adventurer and one of my heroes!

I would not have believed this story or that this man even exists if it were not having the good fortune of meeting Mike Horn in July of 2003 while working on the North Slope of Alaska. I can personally assure you that this documentary is not a dramatization by any means: if anything it is under-dramatized. The Arctic is an extreme environment, even in the summertime. Many ways to die!

This documentary has some fantastic videography of Mike conquering almost impossible odds in the Arctic (don't want to give away the movie:).

There is some English in this movie but it is mostly in French. There is an English Subtitles option in the menu setup on the DVD.

My only complaint is that this documentary was too short (eighty-four minutes) but if it were as detailed as the book it would have been a mini-series. I don't know if it was intended for theatrical release in Europe.

If you read the book, which chronicles this epic adventure in much greater detail, "Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle", you will probably appreciate the movie a lot more. So many more things went wrong, wrong, wrong for Mike than the movie portrays. There are a lot more heroic, hilarious, and amazing scenes in the book, especially during his time crossing Siberia.

I enjoyed the book more but I also highly recommend the movie.