Guards armed with tranquilizer guns were on set to protect cast and crew from polar bears, one of which interrupted filming when it charged the set.
A tame reindeer herd stood in for the wild caribou during the hunt scene.
Winter scenes were shot in -28 C (-18 F) weather - -45 C (-49 F) with wind chill.
This movie was written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, and is based on a book by Canadian author Farley Mowat. Charles Martin Smith played Farley Mowat in Never Cry Wolf (1983), another movie and story set in the Arctic and produced 20 years earlier.
