Arctic Air

Synopsis

Arctic Air is about a Yellowknife-based maverick airline and the unconventional family who runs it. The owners are Mel Ivarson, an old school bush pilot; Krista Ivarson, Mel's daughter; and Bobby Martin, the son of Ivarson's deceased partner. Episodes focus on interpersonal conflicts between the characters as well as dramatic flying missions with their aging fleet of Douglas DC-3s, de Havilland Canada Beavers and other aircraft. Each episode has one or more flying missions.

Cast

• Adam Beach as Bobby Martin
• Pascale Hutton as Krista Ivarson
• Kevin McNulty as Mel Ivarson
• Stephen Lobo as Dev Panwar
• Carmen Moore as Loreen Cassway
• John Reardon as Blake Laviolette
• Emilie Ullerup as Astrid Poulsen
• Timothy Webber as Cece Cooper
• Rebecca Marshall as Lindsay Gallagher
• Tanaya Beatty as Caitlin Janvier
• Niall Matter as Tag Cummins

Episodes

Main article: List of Arctic Air episodes

Productions

In some episodes, the production crew used Buffalo Airways' hangar in Yellowknife as backdrop.

DVD releases

Entertainment One released the complete first season on DVD in Canada on November 20, 2012. Season 2 was released on January 7, 2014. The third and final season was released on October 14, 2014.

Ratings

According to CBC, the total audience for the first episode was just over 1 million viewers.

Awards and nominations

Canadian Screen Awards

Leo Awards

UBCP/ACTRA Awards

Supporting content

Mini-episodes

CBC Television released 5 mini-episodes online, titled Man of the North as supporting material to the first season of the series. These webisodes were each 2–3 minutes in length.

Online games

In support of the show's second season, an online game was launched on its official website, entitled Arctic Air Adventure.

Season 2 Finale

A series of short clips, available exclusively through the series page on the CBC website, were produced to complement the second-season finale. This online content was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, in the Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction, category.

VIP Lounge

For the third series of the show, additional content was provided through the show's page on the CBC website, which included additional scenes, and supporting material such as photographs taken by characters, phone conversations and additional graphics related to each episode.

References

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