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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Documentary

Off the map, things get strange.

Release Date: 2007, September 1
Directors: Werner Herzog
Countries: United States of America
Production: Discovery Films, Creative Differences Productions, Discovery Communications
Cast: Jan Pawlowski, Shaun Phillip Cantwell, 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

Overview:

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique locations. Herzog's voiceover narration explains that his film will not be a typical Antarctica film about "fluffy penguins", but will explore the dreams of the people and the landscape.

Keywords:

scientist volcano wilderness ice penguin research station antarctica iceberg seal (animal) volcanology marine biologist