In the Canadian Arctic, a shot of the open rear loading bay of an airforce Caribou aircraft, camera and film crew from the National Film Board Of Canada (NFB) in the darkness. The plane starts taxiing directly away from the camera and takes off in the distance, low mountains in the background. Shot of the Caribou aircraft landing past the camera. Similar shot of the Caribou aircraft taking off past the camera after a very short run. Similar shot of the aircraft landing past the camera. Rough interior shots of a Bombardier snowmobile showing the film crew and the driver. LS of the film crew on the roof of the snowmobile, unbroken snow plain in the background. Closer LAS of the camera, the cameraman and the director on the roof of the snowmobile. Shot of the crew stepping out of the snowmobile, heading for the Dot aircraft hangar. Shots of the crew loading the Caribou aircraft with equipment. Interior shot of the aircraft, the crew preparing the equipment.