BigList
Login / Sign up
Iceland: The Quest for Origins (2023)

Iceland: The Quest for Origins (2023)

TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 2023, November 20
Directors: Herlé Jouon
Countries: Switzerland, France
Production: Grand Angle Productions, ARTE, RSI, CNC
Cast: Martial Le Minoux, Céline Melloul, Olivier Grünewald, Bénédicte Ménez, Gísli Pálsson, Kristín Jóhannsdóttir, Halldór Geirsson, Sara Barsotti, Starri Heidmarsson, Matthildur Filippusdóttir, Philippe Patay, Berglind Margo Þorvaldsdóttir Tryggvason

Overview:

The fascinating landscape formations of Iceland in the North Atlantic bear witness to the beauty and primal power of nature. They were created through the interaction of powerful volcanic, geological and biological processes that have been changing the face of the earth for billions of years. This is what the Earth might have looked like four billion years ago. Iceland is the realm of ice and fire. Nowhere else is there such a high density of volcanoes. The landscapes, which are continually reshaped by eruptions, make the island a natural laboratory full of clues about the formation and development of the earth. The documentary follows a group of scientists through the most active areas of Iceland, along a mountain range that has emerged from the ocean. On the slopes of the volcanoes, in the fog of the fumaroles and on streams and rivers, the three researchers explore how the first forms of life populated the earth's surface and in what evolutionary steps they took over the earth.

Keywords:

volcano origins of life factual interview iceland geologist biologist planet earth nature documentary scientific research expert opinion science documentary evolutionary biologist forces of nature science and nature geology life origin travel documentary