• dog lover alert

  (Get it on DVD if you missed it.)

IF YOU ARE DOG LOVER you will want to tune in, tape, or TIVO a favorite little film this weekend, EIGHT BELOW - (23-25 March, Sun -Tues.) on USA cable network. (CAUTION: USA website has plot spoiler.) I did not know anything about this film when I first watched it on the airplane. With this film I recommend ignorance on the part of all viewers.

I first posted on this after seeing EIGHT BELOW as an in-flight movie. On my way home from the airport I rented the DVD and watched it again, twice. This amazing story is based on a true incident. It is, at first, the warm-hearted story of day-to-day life in an arctic  research outpost with a small group of scientists. One has a dog team used to negotiate the challenging terrain and climate of the great frozen continent.

What happens next would be unbelievable, were it not true. Several of my most ardent dog loving friends told me they could not see this film when they first heard about it, but my review encouraged them to tough it out and they were glad they did.

This past week I was coaching a new enterprise (which you will all know about soon, and want to be a part of.) As the team gathered, in Southern California, for a two day brainstorming session we were constantly engaged by three grand dogs: a gentle, blue-eyed Husky; an eager black Lab; and a 110 lb., enthusiastically affectionate, and engaging Akita. I was in heaven: doing the work I love, with brilliant people, lots of hearty food and snacks, and a bountiful brood of bounding of dogs.

So, this Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, curl up with your pet (dog, cat, human...) and watch EIGHT BELOW...then come back here, to Tea World, and post a comment. You will find pictures of the remarkable canine cast on my original post - HERE.

McNair

After you watch the movie, Google the title for the background and use the link in my last paragraph above to read about the production and real dogs used in the film.

Comments

[Len Evans]

looking forward to hearing about the new enterprise.