Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: The 1958 ill-fated Japanese expedition to Antarctica inspired the 1983 hit film Antarctica, of which Eight Below is a remake. Eight Below adapts the events of the 1958 incident, moved forward to 1993. In the 1958 event, fifteen Sakhalin Husky sled dogs were abandoned when the expedition team was unable to return to the base. When the team returned a year later, two dogs were still alive. Another seven were still chained up and dead, five were unaccounted for, and one died just outside Showa Station.

Question: is the movie 8 below a true story?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
True. The movie 8 Below is based on a true story, specifically the 1958 Japanese Antarctic expedition and the abandonment