Edge of Ice (1986)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 55М
Директор : William Hansen
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This feature documentary highlights the nature of Arctic sea ice, and its crucial importance to life in the Far North. Underwater photography presents rare views of some of the most spectacular wildlife, with micro- and macro-photography enhancing the world within the individual ice crystals. Footage from Inuit hunting camps at the floe’s edge illuminate the relationship between the Arctic people and their intricate ecosystem.
Вооруженный коллекцией многих причудливых вопросов и обещанием не снимать «другое кино о пингвинах», режиссер Вернер Херцог едет в Антарктиду, с намерением снять фильм о том, что он найдёт подо льдом. Он начинает свою историю на военном самолете, который доставит его на станцию McMurdo, американскому Антарктическому исследовательскому центру. Станция расположена на южной стороне Острова Росса, на берегу McMurdo Sound, и может поддерживать жизнь и работу приблизительно 1200 человек. Вернер Херцог берет интервью у философов, банкиров, и даже других кинопроизводителей, у всех тех, кто сбежал от своей обычной городской жизни для того, чтобы жить и работать на McMurdo. Он также берёт интервью у некоторых учёных и преподавателей школы выживания.
After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder.
Встречайте! Норм и Несокрушимые — добродушный белый медведь и шустрые лемминги. Их миссия — спасти родную Арктику от коварной корпорации. Могущественный босс Мистер Грин задумал построить здесь, среди чистых льдов, город богачей, и пушистый отряд должен дать противнику бой на его территории. Норм и Несокрушимые отправляются прямо в каменные джунгли мегаполиса. Их обаяние, отвага, шутки и танцы — особенно зажигательный «Арктик Шейк» — растопят сердца горожан, но для победы мало просто стать звёздами. Впереди — настоящие испытания и вихрь приключений.
An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic the year before. This is the English language version of the German film S.O.S. Eisberg (1933), made at the same time but with a slightly different cast and released later that year. The German film is approximately 10 minutes longer.
A glacier. Icebergs. Cold fog gliding through the folds.
Two children sneak out of their bedroom on the night of December 24th, so they can ask Santa Claus what he does the rest of the year. Santa tells the children about his life in the Land of Winter, and about how he keeps an eye on all the children in the world.
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An exploration of a new paradigm of health, science, and medicine, based on the interconnections between us and nature.
This short documentary offers a look at the life forms on the Queen Elizabeth Islands within the Arctic Circle. Even in this frigid zone of icebergs and glaciers a surprising variety of wildlife and vegetation is seen. Writings from the logbooks of early explorers provide vivid descriptions of scenes as arresting to them in their century as to today's explorer.
Filmmaker Jerome Bouvier spent a year in Spitzberg following the incredible destiny of a polar bear family in a rapidly changing environment. Casting brother and sister twin cubs, this tale focuses on their education and reveals their individual characters.
In the Arctic, ice is both all around and constantly disappearing. “Utuqaq” explores climate change from the perspective of this beautiful and vital element, as four researchers embark on an expedition to drill ice cores in subzero temperatures.
Comedian, actor and national treasure, Billy Connolly, travels to the wilds of Arctic Canada to spend quality time by himself , with just his thoughts and camera for company.
This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.
В постапокалиптическом мире изменение климата создало бесконечную зиму, а жестокая гражданская война угрожает цивилизации. Сюжет повествует о шести солдатах, которые отправляются на опасную миссию через замёрзшее море, чтобы перевезти пакет, который мог бы наконец положить конец войне.
Set in Bangkok, the film shows the process of urbanization of the city while humans lose control over the consequences of their actions and their greed. The story begins and we move underground to meet the two protagonists: a pangolin couple. The two lovers are living a tranquil life in their hidden city beneath, when their quiet is upset by sudden earth shakes provoked by the drilling of a construction site above. Separated by the cracks in the soil, they begin an adventurous journey to find each other, taking the viewer deeper into the causes of the loss of connection between humans and the earth beneath and ultimately, of the pandemic.
This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent inhabitant of the cold Arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by overfishing. With helicopter and Inuit guide, aqualungs and underwater cameras, the expedition searches out and meets the bowhead and beluga.
For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis led a team of twenty men on one of the most difficult, dangerous and unforgettable undersea adventures of the century--to put a diver on board the sunken vessel and recover some artifacts. This film, introduced by H.R.H. Prince Charles, provides a stunning visual account of this historic expedition.