Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

Name: Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Duration: 41 min

A look at the Alaskan wilderness throughout the year, from the harsh winters to the rejuvenating spring, and the animals (including its human residents) who… More Details »

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Release Date:

Jan 1, 1997

Runtime:

41m

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A look at the Alaskan wilderness throughout the year, from the harsh winters to the rejuvenating spring, and the animals (including its human residents) who learn to adapt to the extremes of Alaskan weather.

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Oct 12, 2019

This was a documentary that I watched quite a bit as a kid, and I rewatched it again sometime last year and absolutely adored it. Rewatching it once again now, it still holds up incredibly well. The cinematography is absolutely incredible. The camerawork captures the true…

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animaldoctor

Jun 2, 2022

I ran out of the Disney True-Life Adventure series of nature documentary shorts to help me fall asleep so I tried this last night. (Perhaps worth mentioning that the free version on PlutoTV is missing Charlton Heston's narration, which makes it a much different film. …

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Brian Leary

Sep 21, 2021

Hello, it's me again. Yeah, the guy who watched IMAX-movies on Youtube, to tick off Oscar-nominated short films. And I am beginning to wonder whether they are all the same: Very pretty, but a bit dull. At least this one is. Part of my effort to watch at least one short…

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Christof
Nov 22, 2019

Charlton Heston narrates this wonderfully entertaining IMAX documentary that takes us to Alaska where we see it over the span of a year. We see the nine month winters, the three months of warm weather and the various wildlife that lives there. I'm sure seeing this in…

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Michael_Elliott

May 22, 2014

This is a beautifully photographed film, originally shown in IMAX. It's a nature documentary about Alaska, reasonably educational but too short to go into any depth. It's straightforward and avoids anthropomorphism, so if you like nature documentaries and don't mind the…

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sailordanae

Aug 16, 2025

Good nature doc, just brain is being mean and is only thinking about how much nature has been forced to change this doc was maid that I can’t truly appreciate the beauty Nom for doc short for 70th Oscar’s

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queenyourroom
"A place shaped by ice and solitude." The footage is good, but Charlton Heston's narration definitely elevates what is otherwise a pretty basic nature documentary about the last frontier.

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Dan K

Nov 6, 2020

*Kanopy start time 4:36am

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Arnel Vargas

Jan 20, 2017

I think I liked this better the second time around. Maybe it's because I watched some fairly mediocre IMAX films recently, but this one is beautifully photographed and makes really great use of the giant film format. It's a good overview of Alaska and its wildlife, though…

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sailordanae