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Antarctica: A Year on Ice

  • 20132013
  • PGPG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
3.6K
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Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on Earth. Capturing epic battles against hellacious storms, quiet reveries of nature's grandeur, and everyday moments of work and laughter, this unique documentary shows a steadfast community thriving in a land few humans have experienced. Using specially modified cameras and spectacular time-lapse photography, filmmaker Anthony Powell captures the splendor of the region like no film before. ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE gives testament to the planetÂ’s natural wonders, humanityÂ’s thirst for adventure, and the emotional extremes that accompany a year within the last pristine wilderness on the planet.
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A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest ... Read allA visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
3.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Anthony Powell
  • Writers
    • Simon Price(story editor)
    • Anthony Powell(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Powell
    • Genevieve Bachman
    • William Brotman
  • Director
    • Anthony Powell
  • Writers
    • Simon Price(story editor)
    • Anthony Powell(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Powell
    • Genevieve Bachman
    • William Brotman
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    • 30User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 3 nominations

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    Anthony Powell
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    Genevieve Bachman
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    William Brotman
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    Michael Christiansen
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    Tom Hamann
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    George Lampman
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    Peter Lund
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    Keri Nelson
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    Casey O'Brien
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    Christine Powell
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    David Prutsman
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    Josh Swanson
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    Andrew Velman
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    • Director
      • Anthony Powell
    • Writers
      • Simon Price(story editor)
      • Anthony Powell(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The time-lapse sequence in the film of the ice pressure ridges changing shape took 5 months to capture, and lasts about 8 seconds on screen.
    • Quotes

      Anthony Powell: There's a saying among the women of Antarctica, "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

    • Connections
      Follows Frozen Planet (2011)

    User reviews30

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    9/10
    A most warm and heartfelt documentary about the most cold place on Earth
    Documentaries are definitely not for everyone. It takes a certain patience, curiosity and contemplation to watch the world living its ordinary life, just like it's the case with soap operas or reality shows that try to imitate the real life in vitro. And i consider myself lucky to be able to enjoy the documentaries, since it really is a unique genre that offers some unique experience to a viewer.

    Honestly, i didn't expect too much from this film. In my experience with nature documentaries, one has to be both really big and really professional to shoot a truly decent documentary, that is why i absolutely adore the BBC films with David Attenborough, moderately accept the Discovery and National Geographic products and am outright sceptical about everything else. And this movie had that amateur indie feeling that in 99 cases out of 100 means that the outcome is bound to be mediocre.

    To my big (and pleasant) surprise, this was that very "1 out of 100" exception. Yes, the movie is basically made by a single man, a time lapse photography enthusiast who spent several years working on a polar base in Antarctica. But the fact that we are being introduced to that vast and secluded icy world by someone who's not a stranger to it himself makes it a different experience entirely. Anthony "Antz" Powell doesn't simply look for some "fancy stuff" to film and later present to us. He actually lives through all these moments, and we are allowed to witness them, which makes this film a rather intimate experience.

    It may sound silly, but another great thing about this movie is that it's not just about Antarctica. Though it does share with us the amazing beauty of its pristine nature, it doesn't sell Antarctica as the main and only star. After all, this huge frozen world can be equally beautiful and depressing. Instead, we look at this continent and the life that managed to bind itself to it through the eyes of the fellow workers, people who spent months, or even years, there doing their job and whose impression of Antarctica and the way humans interact with it is the most honest and true.

    It's probably not very groundbreaking, but illustrating life in Antarctica with simple people's lives and experiences makes this movie really heartfelt. It is a documentaty, but you invest yourself emotionally into it, you care about the people shown in it, follow their stories, connect to their problems, feelings and dreams. This removes restraints between you and the objects shown in the movie, making you more than just an impassive spectator, almost like a friend to those people. You do not simply consume facts or imagery, as the so-so documentaries offer you to do, you actually live through them.

    Maybe i'm fooling myself, but 'Antarctica: A Year on Ice' gave me a bit of a feeling of actually spending a year there. And what it is if not a sign that the film did its job well?
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    • Mar 25, 2015

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    • Release date
      • November 28, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • New Zealand
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Antarctica
    • Filming locations
      • Antarctica
    • Production company
      • Antzworks
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $288,757
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $32,238
      • Nov 30, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $288,757
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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