One World One Ocean
Cameramen Adam Ravetch and Bob Cranston dove 50 feet below the Arctic bay ice in dry suits to film parts of To The Arctic.

Cameramen Adam Ravetch and Bob Cranston dove 50 feet below the Arctic bay ice in dry suits to film parts of To The Arctic. With only a single three foot hole cut in the ice to get themselves in and out of the water, as well as their 400 pound IMAX camera housing, hypothermia and frozen regulators were just additional items on their watch list.

Our film crew got to see first-hand what life in the far north is like while filming To the Arctic. We had a chance to ask members of our crew – Director of Photography Brad Ohlund, Camera Assistant Rob Walker, Director Greg MacGillivray, and Screenwriter Steve Judson – about what they saw during the film expedition. Here are some of their observations from the Arctic.

MFF:The images look brutally cold. What was the water temperature?

 

Rob: 28 deg F – the salt content won’t allow it to freeze at the normal 32 deg F.

 

MFF:Could you take time to enjoy the scenery, or were frozen regulators your main focus?

Why are Rob and Brad answering? Shouldn’t this be Bob Cranston and Adam Ravetch?

Brad: It is such a fascinating environment that one can’t help but be enthralled.

Rob: Frozen regulators were a concern, but you couldn’t worry about it until it happened.

Greg/Steve: You can’t dive in such another worldly place without looking around, and soaking it in. But you can’t live to tell about it unless you watch your regulators and scuba gauges carefully. Very carefully.