Arctic Blast
Arctic Blast is a 2010 Australian-Canadian disaster film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring Michael Shanks, Alan Andrews, Alexandra Davies, and Saskia Hampele. Its world premiere took place at the 2010 Canadian Film Festival in Sydney, at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema, on 4 August.Premise
The plot is centered on a colossal blast of heavily chilled mesosphere air spreading over the Earth after a solar eclipse, which, causes a hole to open in the ozone layer. The catastrophic event threatens to engulf the entire world in ice. As Hobart, Tasmania, is hit by the cold front with temperatures of below −70°C, causing people to die almost instantaneously, physicist Jack Tate tries to find a solution while protecting his family.Cast
Production
The film was shot in Tasmania and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The executive producer is Antony I. Ginnane, whose venture IFM/Filmways was responsible for the film release in Australia, New Zealand and Atlanta, Georgia. The other executive producers are Tom Berry and Pierre David.
