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300 miles above the Arctic Circle, Norway’s Pasvik Folk High School welcomes teenagers for a unique gap year. Far from the social and technological noise they experience at home, it plunges students into nine months of arctic survival training, teaching them everything from hunting and making fires to dog mushing and Nordic folklore. Following the trajectories of three students, each overcoming something they’re struggling with in their own way, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp, 12th and Delaware) capture everything from the students’ fears of camping in 2-degree weather to their exhilaration racing each other with dog sleds. By the end of the school year, it’s hard to imagine them returning to their everyday lives, but as one of the teachers says, “To give yourself a dog, a fire, and a starry sky above you… Remember, you can do what you want to in this life.”

(US, Norway / 2025 / Directed by Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing)
Unrated / 1 hr 45 mins