''Igloo'' is a 1932 American

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released by

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Production

In February 1931, Edward Small sent an expedition to the Arctic headed by Ewing Scott with Roy Klaffki as a cameraman to make a film. They were accompanied by Ray Wise, a half Eskimo, half Russian and shot for six months. They went missing for 32 days off

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and were rescued by some whalers. They returned with 100,000 feet of film."BAD GIRL" CONTINUES RUN ''Los Angeles Times'' September 2, 1931: 11

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