The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Genres - Adventure, Fantasy | Sub-Genres - Fantasy Adventure | Release Date - Dec 20, 1974 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 95 min. | Countries - USA | MPAA Rating - GShare on
Synopsis by Paul Brenner
This Disney family adventure, directed by Robert Stevenson in his Jules Verne mode, concern a group of explorers who travel to the Arctic Circle in 1908 to explore the uncharted wastes of the North Pole. Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden), a rich Londoner, organizes an Arctic exploration team in hopes of locating his missing son. Providing expert advice is Prof. John Ivarson (David Hartman), a professor of Nordic history. As the group explores the frozen tundra, they come across an unknown valley, skirting the borders of a giant volcano, that turns out to be a lost Viking kingdom.
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archaeology, astronaut, exploration, lost-civilization, missing, missing-person, rescue, search, survivor, Viking, wilderness
