Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)

09/07/2008 (GB) • 59m

Documentary

Overview

Comedy icon Joanna Lumley pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern Lights. She travels North across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway and finally to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30° C. Joanna’s journey takes her from train to boat and huskysled to snowmobile as she is pulled ever northwards and finally, in a breathtaking climax to the film, Joanna gets to see with her own eyes the spectacular beauty of the Northern Lights. As seen on ABC1.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

norway

arctic polar circle region

northern lights

aurora borealis

travel show

svalbard

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