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* DistressedWoodchopping: Sasha is seen doing this after waiting tables for rude customers. At one point, she does this so hard that she falls over backward.

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* DistressedWoodchopping: Sasha is seen doing this distressedly chopping wood after waiting tables for rude customers. At one point, she does this chops so hard that she falls over backward.



* GiantWaistRibbon: Sasha has one on the dress she wears for her debutante ball.



* PrincessInRags: Even Olga tries to convince her to change into better clothes. Sasha refused.

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* PrincessInRags: Even Olga tries to convince her to change into better clothes. Sasha refused.refuses.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all of her hard work and turmoil, Sasha manages to find the Davai, thereby saving the legacy of her family. She then heads back home, and is reunited with her overjoyed family]].

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all of her hard work and turmoil, Sasha manages to find the Davai, Davaï, thereby saving the legacy of her family. She then heads back home, and is reunited with her overjoyed family]].



* OminousFog: This occurs the first time Sasha arrives at the shipyard, to indicate her being a stranger to the place.

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This occurs the first time Sasha arrives at the shipyard, to indicate her being a stranger to the place.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all of her hard work and turmoil, Sasha manages to find the Dava&iuml, thereby saving the legacy of her family. She then heads back home, and is reunited with her overjoyed family]].

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all of her hard work and turmoil, Sasha manages to find the Dava&iuml, Davai, thereby saving the legacy of her family. She then heads back home, and is reunited with her overjoyed family]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all of her hard work and turmoil, Sasha manages to find the Dava&iuml, thereby saving the legacy of her family. She then heads back home, and is reunited with her overjoyed family]].
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** One of the characters remarks that the crew is running out of penicillin. The problem is, the movie is said to start in 1882, and modern penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928. Secondly, Katch performs mouth-to-mouth CPR on Sacha after finding her after she runs off, but that method of resuscitation wasn't discovered until at least 1950.
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* FoodSlap: While serving a customer, Sasha gives him wine, but he complains that he asked for a brandy. She replies that a wine would taste better. He responds by splashing the wine in her face.

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Sasha, who is now 15, is about to host her social debut when she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements. Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a humiliation to the Tsar, but Sasha confronts him, speaking out in defense of her grandfather. Outraged after being contradicted by her, Tomsky storms from the building as other guests follow him. Sasha’s family is ostracized as a result of her outburst and her father blames her for the family’s fall from grace.

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Sasha, who is now 15, is about to host her social debut when she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements. Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a humiliation to the Tsar, but Sasha confronts him, speaking out in defense of her grandfather. Outraged after being contradicted by her, Tomsky storms from the building as other guests follow him. Sasha’s Sasha's family is ostracized as a result of her outburst and her father blames her for the family’s family's fall from grace.



* ApocalypticLog: [[spoiler: Sasha finds one on her grandfather's corpse, which he was planning on giving to her. As soon as she takes it off him, the corpse floats off on a broken patch of ice]].



* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: When Larson finds an unconscious Sasha on the verge of dying from hypothermia, he gives her this to wake her up.

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* BearsAreBadNews: [[spoiler: After Katch revives Sasha, a polar bear shows up and threateningly approaches them. Luckily, [[BigDamnHeroes Larson comes by to shoot the animal]], and the crew bring its' corpse along for a meal]].
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: When Larson Katch finds an unconscious Sasha on the verge of dying from hypothermia, he gives her this to wake her up.up.
* CryIntoChest: In a flashback, a young Sasha does this when her grandfather is about to leave for the North Pole. But he just smiles down at her in reassurance and tells her that [[TemptingFate he'll come back for her to join him]].



* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Most of the sailors on the boat are wary of Sasha being a part of their crew, due to the superstition that women bring bad luck for a boat. And when a disaster happens, even though [[HopeSpot she started to warm up to them]], most of them blame her, thinking that her bad luck caused this accident.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Most of the sailors on the boat are wary of Sasha being a part of their crew, due to the superstition that women bring bad luck for a boat. And when a disaster happens, even though [[HopeSpot she started to warm up to them]], most of them blame her, made her TheScapegoat, thinking that her bad luck caused this accident.



* DistressedWoodchopping: Sasha is seen doing this after waiting tables for rude customers. At one point, she does this so hard that she falls over backward.



* IntimateMarks: According to Sasha, one of the crew has this, and announces it to them to prove how much she knows. The crew member in question is quite embarrassed by this.



* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture and get money to get into a ship passage.

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* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture and get money to get gain entry into a ship passage.



** This also occurs after the ship sinks, to emphasize how dire the crew's situation now is.



* SinkingShipScenario: What was thought happened to the Davai and what happens to the main characters’ boat.

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* SinkingShipScenario: What was thought happened to the Davai and what happens to the main characters’ characters' boat.
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* OminousFog: This occurs the first time Sasha arrives at the shipyard, to indicate her being a stranger to the place.
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* GiantWaistRibbon: Sasha has one on the dress she wears for her debutante ball.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set on 19th century Russia, while the Russians did several expeditions to the arctic both Sasha and her grandfather are fictional characters.
* BadassBookworm: Sasha has great knowledge about navigation, Captain Lund even decided to launch the expedition based on just her words.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Her speaking against prince Tomsky was what caused the reputation of her family to fall, she takes it upon herself to correct that.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set on 19th century Russia, and while the Russians did several expeditions to the arctic arctic, both Sasha and her grandfather are fictional characters.
* BadassBookworm: Sasha has great knowledge about navigation, navigation. Captain Lund even decided to launch the expedition based on just her words.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: When Larson finds an unconscious Sasha on the verge of dying from hypothermia, he gives her this to wake her up.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Her speaking against prince Tomsky was what caused the reputation of her family to fall, she fall. She takes it upon herself to correct that.that.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Most of the sailors on the boat are wary of Sasha being a part of their crew, due to the superstition that women bring bad luck for a boat. And when a disaster happens, even though [[HopeSpot she started to warm up to them]], most of them blame her, thinking that her bad luck caused this accident.



* GoingDownWithTheShip: Captain Lund tries to pull one.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Even if her family is still wealthy she doesn't has a single penny on her after running away from home.

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* GoingDownWithTheShip: Captain Lund tries to pull one.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Even if her family is still wealthy she doesn't has have a single penny on her after running away from home.



* LittleMissBadass: She is just a 15 years old girl but when onto a expedition to the north pole.
* LostAtSea: They got trapped on the arctic ocean ice sheets, in winter, with no hope of another ship passing by.

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* LittleMissBadass: She is just a 15 years old year-old girl but when who went onto a an expedition to the north pole.
* LostAtSea: They got trapped on the arctic ocean ice sheets, in winter, with sheets. During winter. With no hope of another ship passing by.



* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture.
* PirateGirl: Not pirates but she worked on a vessel along a seasoned crew.
* PrincessInRags: even Olga tries to convince her to change into better clothes, Sasha refused.
* RichesToRags: Sasha when from hosting events for other aristocrats to working as a server on a small bar to become a cabin girl on a ship.
* SinkingShipScenario: What was thought it happened to the Davai and what happens to the main characters boat.
* UndercoverModel: She is an aristocrat hiding while working on a fishing vessel.
* TheCaptain: Captain Lund.

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* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture.
capture and get money to get into a ship passage.
* PirateGirl: Not pirates pirates, but she worked on a vessel along a seasoned crew.
* PrincessInRags: even Even Olga tries to convince her to change into better clothes, clothes. Sasha refused.
* RichesToRags: Sasha when went from hosting events for other aristocrats to working as a server on a small bar to become a cabin girl on a ship.
* SinkingShipScenario: What was thought it happened to the Davai and what happens to the main characters characters’ boat.
* UndercoverModel: She is an aristocrat hiding while working on a fishing vessel.
* TheCaptain: Captain Lund.
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'''Long Way North''' (also know as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha who's grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine, departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar issues a reward of 1 million rubles for anyone that can find it's whereabouts,

Sasha who is now 15 is about to host her social debut, she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by her, Tomsky storms from the building as other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family fall from grace.

Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Davaï in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was of her grandfather.

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'''Long Way North''' (also know as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie French animated film detailing the story of a russian teenaged Russian girl named Sasha who's whose grandfather, a an explorer named Oloukine, departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years arctic. Years go by without word from the vessel vessel, so the Tsar of Russia issues a reward of 1 million rubles for to anyone that can find it's whereabouts,

Sasha
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who is now 15 15, is about to host her social debut, debut when she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, achievements. Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a humiliation to the Tsar, but Sasha comes on confronts him, speaking out in defense of her grandfather, outraged grandfather. Outraged after being contradicted by her, Tomsky storms from the building as other guests follow him, Sasha's him. Sasha’s family is ostracized as a result of her outburst and her father blames her for the family family’s fall from grace.

Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Davaï in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was became of her grandfather.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set on 19th century Russia, while the Russians did several expeditions to the arctic both Sasha and grandfather are fictional characters.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set on 19th century Russia, while the Russians did several expeditions to the arctic both Sasha and her grandfather are fictional characters.
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'''Long Way North''' (knows also as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha who's grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine, departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar issues a reward of 1 million rubles for anyone that can find it's whereabouts,

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'''Long Way North''' (knows also (also know as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha who's grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine, departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar issues a reward of 1 million rubles for anyone that can find it's whereabouts,
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*ActionGirl: Sasha left home to go search for a crew to take her to the north pole.


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*ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie is set on 19th century Russia, while the Russians did several expeditions to the arctic both Sasha and grandfather are fictional characters.
*BadassBookworm: Sasha has great knowledge about navigation, Captain Lund even decided to launch the expedition based on just her words.


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*MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sasha has a mental breakdown after realizing that the expedition, which was her idea, put her and the crew on a near death scenario.
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* PirateGirl: Not pirates but she she worked on a vessel along a seasoned crew.

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* PirateGirl: Not pirates but she she worked on a vessel along a seasoned crew.
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* LostAtSea: They got trapped on the arctic ocean ice sheets, in winter with no hope of another ship passing by.
* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture after her parents contacted the authorities.

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* LostAtSea: They got trapped on the arctic ocean ice sheets, in winter winter, with no hope of another ship passing by.
* NobleFugitive: Sasha worked as a server in a run down tavern for a month to avoid capture after her parents contacted the authorities.capture.
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Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was of her grandfather.

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Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml Davaï in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was of her grandfather.
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* *UndercoverModel: She is an aristocrat hiding while working on a fishing vessel.

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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Even if her family is still wealthy she doesn't has a single penny on her after running away from home.


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*PrincessInRags: even Olga tries to convince her to change into better clothes, Sasha refused.
* RichesToRags: Sasha when from hosting events for other aristocrats to working as a server on a small bar to become a cabin girl on a ship.
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Her speaking against prince Tomsky was what caused the reputation of her family to fall, she takes it upon herself to correct that.


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* JeanneDArchetype: A teenage girl with great pride about her family and country, even going so far as to risk her life just to prove it.
* LittleMissBadass: She is just a 15 years old girl but when onto a expedition to the north pole.


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* PirateGirl: Not pirates but she she worked on a vessel along a seasoned crew.


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* AbandonShip: Sasha and friends are forced to leave their ship after crashing against an iceberg.



* NobleFugitive: after Sasha ran away her parents issued a warrant to find her, she worked as a server in a run down tabern for a month to avoid capture.

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* DisasterMovie: A polar expedition in the middle of winter that goes wrong... for the most part.
* GoingDownWithTheShip: Captain Lund tries to pull one.
* LostAtSea: They got trapped on the arctic ocean ice sheets, in winter with no hope of another ship passing by.
* NobleFugitive: after Sasha ran away her parents issued a warrant to find her, she worked as a server in a run down tabern tavern for a month to avoid capture.capture after her parents contacted the authorities.
* SinkingShipScenario: What was thought it happened to the Davai and what happens to the main characters boat.
* TheCaptain: Captain Lund.
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Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was of her grandfather.

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Sasha decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to discover what was of her grandfather.grandfather.

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*AristocratsAreEvil: Prince Tomsky destroyed Sasha's family reputation simply because he disliked her grandfather.
*NobleFugitive: after Sasha ran away her parents issued a warrant to find her, she worked as a server in a run down tabern for a month to avoid capture.
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'''Long Way North''' (knows also as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha, her grandfather a explorer named Oloukine departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar issues a reward of 1 million rubles for anyone that can find it's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family fall from grace.

Sasha then runs away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to know about what was of her grandfather.

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'''Long Way North''' (knows also as "Tout en haut du monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha, her grandfather Sasha who's grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine Oloukine, departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar issues a reward of 1 million rubles for anyone that can find it's final resting place,

Sasha,
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Sasha who is
now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted, contradicted by her, Tomsky storms from the building and as other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family fall from grace.

Sasha then runs decides to run away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to know about discover what was of her grandfather.
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Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family fall from grace.

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Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family fall from grace.grace.

Sasha then runs away from home with the goal of finding the Dava&iuml in hopes of not only saving her family's reputation but also to know about what was of her grandfather.
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Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family's fall from grace.

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Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by contradicted, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames her for the family's family fall from grace.
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'''Long Way North''' ("Tout en haut du monde" in it's french release) is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha who watches her grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine depart upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic, after years without word from the vessel the Tsar declares a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the Davaï's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar but Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by Sasha Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, later Sasha's father blames her for the family's fall from grace.

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'''Long Way North''' ("Tout (knows also as "Tout en haut du monde" in it's french release) monde") is a french animation movie detailing the story of a russian girl named Sasha who watches Sasha, her grandfather, grandfather a explorer named Oloukine depart departed upon a voyage to reach the North Pole aboard the ship Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic, arctic but after years without word from the vessel the Tsar declares issues a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the Davaï's anyone that can find it's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 is about to host her social debut, but she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar but Tsar, Sasha comes on defense of her grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by Sasha Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, later Sasha's father blames her for the family's fall from grace.

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'''Long Way North''' ("Tout en haut du monde" in it's french release) is a french animation movie,

In the 19th-century at Saint Petersburg a young girl named Sasha watches her grandfather a explorer named Oloukine depart upon a voyage to reach the North Pole on board the ship the Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic, after years without word from the vessel the Tsar declares a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the Davaï's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 and about to host her social debut overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements. Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar who had invested heavily in the expedition, Sasha points out that her grandfather's notes detail how he took a different route than the one assumed by the Tsar's advisors, outraged after being contradicted by Sasha, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames his daughter for the family's fall from grace.

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'''Long Way North''' ("Tout en haut du monde" in it's french release) is a french animation movie,

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movie detailing the 19th-century at Saint Petersburg story of a young russian girl named Sasha who watches her grandfather grandfather, a explorer named Oloukine depart upon a voyage to reach the North Pole on board aboard the ship the Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic, after years without word from the vessel the Tsar declares a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the Davaï's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 and is about to host her social debut debut, she overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements. achievements, Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar who had invested heavily in the expedition, but Sasha points out that comes on defense of her grandfather's notes detail how he took a different route than the one assumed by the Tsar's advisors, grandfather, outraged after being contradicted by Sasha, Sasha Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, later Sasha's father blames his daughter her for the family's fall from grace.
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'''Long Way North''' ("Tout en haut du monde" in it's french release) is a french animation movie,

In the 19th-century at Saint Petersburg a young girl named Sasha watches her grandfather a explorer named Oloukine depart upon a voyage to reach the North Pole on board the ship the Davaï, a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic, after years without word from the vessel the Tsar declares a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the Davaï's final resting place,

Sasha, now 15 and about to host her social debut overhears a conversation in which Prince Tomsky belittles her grandfather's achievements. Tomsky considers Oloukine's failure to return as a political humiliation to the Tsar who had invested heavily in the expedition, Sasha points out that her grandfather's notes detail how he took a different route than the one assumed by the Tsar's advisors, outraged after being contradicted by Sasha, Tomsky storms from the building and other guests follow him, Sasha's father blames his daughter for the family's fall from grace.

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