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Antarctica
★ 8.3· 2011– 2011· 1 Season· 10 EpisodesTV-14
Ended
Drama
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
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First Aired: 10/16/2011
Languages: Japanese
Type: Scripted
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Networks:
TBS
TBSCompanies: TBS
Countries: Japan
Where to watch · US
Seasons
Season 1
2011· 10 episodes
In 1956, a determined group of explorers from Japan — along with 22 trusty Sakhalin huskies — departs on a mission to explore Antarctica.
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Keywords
based on true storysurvivalantarcticaanimalssled dogspost war japanpolar explorationdeterminationpolar expeditionsyowa stationshōwa era (1926-89)melodramaticantarctic exploration
