Arctic Shadows is a documentary film on the Arctic career of Dr. R. M. Anderson, former Chief Biologist of the National Museum of Canada and a world-renowned mammalogist. The film is 60 minutes in length, and focuses on Anderson's three Arctic journeys, the Stefansson-Anderson Expedition of 1908-1912, the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, and the Eastern Arctic Patrol of 1928. The film is funded by the International Polar Year Program, as a Communications and Outreach Project.