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Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds… Read more
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2007 · 1h 39m · ★ 90% (46K)
Off the map, things get strange.
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Scott Rowland
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
Werner Herzog
Discovery Films, Creative Differences Productions, Discovery Communications
Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal, Ryan Andrew Evans, Kevin Emery, Olav T. Oftedal, Regina Eisert, David R. Pacheco Jr., Samuel S. Bowser, Jan Pawlowski, William Jirsa, Karen Joyce, Libor Zicha, Ashrita Furman, David Ainley, William McIntosh, Peter Gorham, Ernest Shackleton
Open Encounters at the End of the World (2007) on Curator TV