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Line 30: ==Production== American-born producer Varick Frissell's previous [[short film\|short films]], ''The Lure of Labrador'' and ''The Swilin' Racket'', gave him interest to make a full-length feature entitled ''Vikings of the Ice Field''. [[Paramount Pictures]] put up $100,000 to finance the production while insisting that Hollywood personnel be used. Frissell hired director [[George Melford]], who went to [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]] and had experience in filming Canadian subjects previously.<ref name="Rist" />. On a second voyage to obtain more footage for the film, Frissell, Alexander Penrod, and 25<ref name=CFE/> or 26 other film crew members were killed in an explosion while trying to film an iceberg.<ref name="Rist">Rist 2001, p.230</ref><ref name="Rhodes95">Rhodes 2001, p. 95</ref> Frissell filmed most of ''The Viking'' (named for a sealing ship) in [[Quidi Vidi]] in 1930. For realistic footage, Frissell then took his crew to the [[Grand Banks]] and [[Labrador]] to collect exciting action sequences. The film debuted at the [[Nickel Theatre]] at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador\|St. John's]] on March 5, 1931, where Frissell decided that his movie needed more real scenes from the Labrador ice floes. Within days, Frissell with his crew had joined the [[SS Viking\|SS ''Viking'']] for its annual seal hunt. The ship got trapped in ice near the [[Horse Islands (Newfoundland and Labrador)\|Horse Islands]]. On this second voyage to obtain more footage for the film, Frissell, Alexander Penrod, and 25<ref name=CFE/> or 26 other film crew members were killed in an explosion while trying to film an iceberg.<ref name="Rist">Rist 2001, p.230</ref><ref name="Rhodes95">Rhodes 2001, p. 95</ref> Despite the tragedy, the film was completed and released in 1931. The title was changed from '''''White Thunder''''' to ''The Viking''.▼ ▲Despite the tragedy, the film was completed and released in June 1931. The title was changed from '''''White Thunder''''' to ''The Viking''. ==Reception==