This feature-length film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in Antarctica, for a full year. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there; the everyday workers who keep the stations running in the harshest place on the planet. Filmed over 15 years by Frozen Planet photographer Anthony Powell, the film features a unique insiders point of view, with unparalleled access, and never before ... (Full plot summary below)
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This feature-length film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in Antarctica, for a full year. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there; the everyday workers who keep the stations running in the harshest place on the planet. Filmed over 15 years by Frozen Planet photographer Anthony Powell, the film features a unique insiders point of view, with unparalleled access, and never before seen stunning footage of the deep Antarctic winters.
Leave your thoughts about Antarctica: A Year on Ice.
| San Diego Union-TribuneAnders WrightThe movie shows precisely what the title suggests: the changing seasons in that desolate place, and the folks who decide to endure them. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanYes, it features some of the most rapturous footage of calving glaciers and ice floes — alternately freezing and thawing — that you’re likely to have seen (much of it captured on equipment designed and built by the filmmaker). But it is the simple glimpses of ordinary life in an extraordinary place that are the most stirring moments in the film. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonI've been waiting for a movie like this, and I can't believe no one has done this before: shown us life over a full year in the most remote place on Earth. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceYou'll want to wear a sweater to the theater. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasIf nothing else, watching the documentary "Antarctica: A Year on Ice" makes a Wisconsin February go down a little easier |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsPowell makes excellent use of time-lapse photography to capture such natural phenomena as a sea freezing over. What registers most strongly, though, is the sense of loneliness and professional drudgery. |
| Mark Leeper's ReviewsMark R. LeeperThe vistas of white and all the sights of the icecap make for an extraordinary and memorable film. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA fascinating glimpse into the lives, habits, and philosophies of men and women who work in Antarctica. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughPowell never achieves the absurdist, uncanny poetry of that scene in Herzog’s film where a “demented” penguin marches into oblivion, but he does arouse wonder at nature’s sublimity. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris Toumarkine[Antarctica: A Year On Ice] is not your usual travelogue, but a surprising exploration of the human soul and human needs. |
