Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The film follows a group of scientists on their yearly sojourn to the. I recently saw an american film by a member of admiral. Oscar schofield, hugh ducklow, debbie steinberg, dena seidel. In the wake of devastating climate events like superstorm sandy and hurricane katrina, oceanographer oscar schofield.
Sean clarkeandrew mason it only took 10 days to reach the end of the world. With a grant from the national science foundation, dena spent six weeks filming the featurelength documentary antarctic edge. From the edge of the ronne ice shelf they traveled almost 600 miles to the pole, then took a turn of about 90 degrees toward the ross ice shelf. For more than 20 years, these scientists have dedicated their lives to studying the.
Month of climate action streaming films san francisco. In 2014, scientists declared west antarctic ice sheet melt unstoppable, threatening the future of our planet. Tom hardy to play antarctic explorer ernest shackleton. West of peter i 0ya the westerly current is only found south of 70 s. The first phase of the silver line opened on july 26, 2014. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. A group of worldclass researchers is in a race to understand climate change in the. With a grant from the national science foundation, director dena seidel spent six weeks filmming the featurelength documentary antarctic edge.
A group of worldclass researchers is in a race to understand climate change in the fastest winterwarming place on earth. The silver line provides rail transportation from dulles international airport to downtown washington. Tom hardy is set to star in a new film about ernest shackleton, the polar explorer famous for his remarkable escape from the antarctic continent with all his crew despite losing his ship when it. This documentary combines innovative science, dramatic imagery and two decades of scientific collaboration into a compelling characterdriven narrative. A blog for the film documentary project antarctic quest. It definitely gives me a lot of ownership towards my films and the science and it forces me to actually know and learn the science since i have to work with it. An exciting interdisciplinary documentary, funded in part by the national science foundation, following a worldclass team of scientists as they race across the. A global warning, climate change research in antarctica, mark terry, 2009. Environmental issues have increasingly become a topic in film and television.
Pages in category films set in antarctica the following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. A thrilling journey to one of the worlds most perilous environments, antarctic edge. The story of ernest shackletons illfated antarctic expedition of 191416 has been told many times in many formats, including once before by george butler, the director of the imax version. We get to see clips from the beginning of the trip to the completion. A documentary film is a film whose authors, at the time of its production, believed its information to be true. Colin obrady completes historic antarctic crossing, 70. In the wake of devastating climate events like superstorm sandy and hurricane katrina, oceanographer oscar schofield teams up with a group of researchers in a race to understand climate change in. In antarctic edge, a region of retreating ice a scene from antarctic edge. Dena seidels straightahead documentary captures the majestic beauty of the west antarctic peninsula where the icesheet melt has been deemed unstoppable. With naderev sano, oscar schofield, hugh ducklow, donna fraser.
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