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[Parks Canada beaver logo]
[title: parkscanada.gc.ca]

[mountain vista with streaks of snow]
[text on screen: Have you ever considered working in the Arctic?]

[quick montage of dismantling a weather station, students hiking, riding in a boat, checking computer maps, hikers]
Wow! This is Wild!

[sunset over mountains, fast flowing glacial streams, rockbeds]
Male scientist on screen: It’s our job to monitor what is the ecosystem response to that climate change.

[streams, plants, aerial of river below from open door of helicopter]
Female scientist on screen: I love being a scientist. I’m curious. I love to find new things, try new things.

[team of scientists unfurling hoses, calling in helicopter, setting up water sampling exercise]
Female scientist on screen: We don’t want to be too close to this in case this fails.

[team of scientists and students drill into permafrost, helicopter shot of landscape, scientists hiking]
Male scientist on screen: It’s all these different lines of evidence we use to interpret the site and the process.

[Young student in valley setting]
It’s an interesting place to live.

[quick montage of arctic flowers and scenic mountain and river backdrops while the names of Arctic parks flash on screen]
[title: Torngat, Ivvavik, Auyuittuq, Wapusk, Wood Buffalo, Quittinirpaaq, Tuktuk Nogait, Kluane, Nahanni, Vuntut]

[students and scientists erect solar panels and tower for weather station in camp]
Female scientist on screen: Right now we’re installing the solar panel for the weather station.

[scientist in helicopter]
Male scientist on screen: Install some permafrost monitoring equipment.

[scientist hiking in valley]
Male scientist on screen: Create a map of Ivvavik national park.

[Female scientist on hill]
Female scientist on screen: Trying to look at climate change impacts on the way shrubs grow.

[Young student in valley setting]
Student on screen: An incredible experience that you just can’t turn down. If you’re offered a job up in the Arctic you pretty much have to take it.

[waterfalls, arctic plants, mountains, river flowing, family of mountain goats, students and researchers hiking]

[title: to learn more about careers with Parks Canada, visit www.pc.gc.ca]
[title: Created for Parks Canada by HyperfocalFilms www.hyperfocalfilms.com]
[title: Parks Canada/Parcs Canada government logo]
[title: Copyright - Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by Parks Canada, 2010]
[title: Government of Canada logo]
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