Over 10 years in the making by frozen planet photographer anthony powell. A year on ice 20 full watch free online on soapgate aka soap2day with english subtitles. A year on ice was the brainchild and project of communications engineer and new zealand native anthony powell. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year. Filmmaker anthony powell documents his experiences living in the worlds coldest, loneliest and harshest environment. A year on ice is a movie starring genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen, tom hamann. It was made with some assistance from the new zealand film commission and it is exactly what the title implies. A year on ice is not your normal nature documentary. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Filling the giant screen with stunning timelapse vistas of antarctica, and detailing yearround life at mcmurdo station and scott base, powells documentary is a potent hymn to the icy continent and the heavens above. Perhaps it is a place more unknown to us on the big screen than the likes of our moon or mars. Full moon and auroras light up the antarctic winter landscape. Year 20 runtime 92 mins language english alberta premiere we all know the basics.
Explorers spend a year in the southernmost continent. 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. In the most severe environment on earth, its a mystery how any life can survive where the coldest temperature ever recorded was 128 degrees below. Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it home yearround. A year on ice might seem routine to fans of nature documentaries, but the photographer and director anthony powell produces some dazzling imagery in his droll. Its plot centers on the 1958 illfated japanese scientific expedition to the south pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and their loyal and hard. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most.
But whats it like to actually live in antarctica, widely regarded as the harshest environment on earth. A year on ice, room in your house clip antarctica year ice room your house anthony powell movie theatrical year on ice powered by smugmug owner log in. Genevieve bachman william brotman michael christiansen. Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it home year round. The disappearance of arctic sea ice is a welldocumented trend with a wellestablished cause. A year on ice might seem routine to fans of nature documentaries, but the photographer and director anthony powell produces some dazzling imagery in.
Utterly fascinating and uniquely personal, this is antarctica as you have never seen it before a vast wilderness that a dedicated few call home all year round. A year on ice to create awardwinning a year on ice antarctic photographer anthony powell spent 10 years and nine winters clocking the continent on camera. This multi award winning feature film is a visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including the never before seen deep antarctic winter, completely isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months of unending darkness, in the coldest place on earth. The film is about how people live on the coldest and most isolated place on the planet, antarctica. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 3 days to finish once started. New zealand photographer anthony powell spent a decade documenting his experience. Stationed on the desolate continent, satellite engineer and now documentarian anthony powell built up an arsenal of weathermodified cameras to capture the reality of living an entire year culled from nearly 10 years of footage in the harsh tundra of antarctica, where the summer is fleeting, and the winters. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a closeknit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen.
When digital cameras became more reliable, powell devised modifications that would allow him to film the area around him. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there. A year on ice is the first feature film by new zealand filmmaker anthony b. 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. This multi award winning feature film is a visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including the never before seen deep antarctic winter, completely isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months. Anthony powell, christine powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, anthony powell. It is intriguing to have a relatively untouched frontier still left on our planet. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. A year on ice documentary photographer anthony powell spent ten years and nine winters capturing antarctica on camera. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there.
It doesnt discuss exactly what the facilities do, focusing instead on regular workers, administrators, maintenance people, clerks, etc. He doesnt focus on what the stations actually research, he rarely interviews scientists, and the climate crisis is only briefly alluded to. A year on ice to quench my curiosity on the matter, and despite the wondrous offerings, was left feeling only slightly satiated. Adventure, biography, documentary, drama filling the giant screen with stunning timelapse vistas of antarctica, and detailing yearround life at mcmurdo and scott base, anthony powells documentary is a. Start by selecting add to favorites on the info screen of any show, movie or team. 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. A year on ice stars genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen, tom hamann the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a. Shot in antarctica over the course of 10 years, it includes, as one might hope, some breathtaking timelapse photography of. The multiaward winning film that lets you experience what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there yearround. A year on ice antzworks 2015 pg bluray version this is a documentary from a filmmaker previously unknown to me. Timelapse imagery powells speciality evokes the ever. Filling the giant screen with stunning timelapse vistas of antarctica, and detailing yearround life at mcmurdo and scott base, anthony powells documentary is a. With anthony powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen.
A year on ice 20 film to pc or mobile now bluray 1080p. A year on ice might seem routine to fans of nature documentaries, but the photographer and director anthony powell produces some dazzling imagery in his droll study. With honesty and humour, the viewer is treated to the closest most of us will ever get to experience a year working at the bottom of the earth. This documentary is set in antarctica, specifically in the ross island region, which is home to two research bases. This featurelength film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in antarctica, for a full year. This biographical and nature documentary film premiered in 20. Powell apparently spent 10 years making antarctica. A year on ice is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Though life in antarctica is challenging, this absorbing movie makes it look incredibly rewarding. A visually stunning and unique first person documentary that positions the viewer deep in the rugged beauty of the continent, antarctic.
A year on ice official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd. New zealand photographer anthony powell spent a decade documenting his experience at the bottom of the worldfrom the aweinspiring auroras and animal ecosystems, to the freezing and terrifying ice storms. But this past summer, earth scientists were startled to see antarctic sea ice take a nosedive, too. A year on ice is a documentary about workers at research stations who spend the winter months keeping things operational. Reinvigorates our sense of wonder about the natural world. South pole story is a 1983 japanese drama film directed by koreyoshi kurahara and starring ken takakura. A year on ice, suffering frozen camera equipment and other setbacks. Unlike many documentaries of antarctica that focus on the wildlife, this amazing movie gives an insight into the life of those hardy souls who spend 612 months in this harsh continent. A year on ice official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd duration. A year on ice dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration.
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