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. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a closeknit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Emmy awardwinning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most. A year on ice antzworks 2015 pg bluray version this is a documentary from a filmmaker previously unknown to me.
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. United states mcmurdo station and new zealands scott base. Capturing epic battles against hellacious storms, quiet. This documentary is set in antarctica, specifically in the ross island region, which is home to two research bases. This year, sea ice records are being set in the antarctic. Greg roberts, the australian antarctica is a continent 98% covered by ice, surrounded by local ocean with much of its surface seasonally covered by sea ice. Instead, the new 2015 study from nasa reports that the antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001. Timelapse imagery powells speciality evokes the ever. Every winter the continent of antarctica doubles in size due to sea ice. Global warming due to rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is having different impacts on. Because of this, he was also able to capture the continents pitchblack winter with a precision that no one. It was made with some assistance from the new zealand film commission and it is exactly what the title implies. The disappearance of arctic sea ice is a welldocumented trend with a wellestablished cause. A year on ice is a documentary about workers at research stations who spend the winter months keeping things operational.
United states mcmurdo station and new zealands scott base it chronicles a year of time spent living and working at these remote stations. Multiyear ice contains much less brine and more air pockets than firstyear ice. 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. Film maker werner herzog travels to the mcmurdo station in antarctica, looking to. Guide students research of these ice types to find out differences and how each is formed. Antarctica and the arctic are two very different environments. As a result, sea ice behaves very differently in the two regions. A year on ice might seem routine to fans of nature documentaries, but the photographer and director anthony powell produces some dazzling imagery in. Over 10 years in the making by frozen planet photographer anthony powell. 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 the world. This featurelength film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in antarctica, for a full year. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of.
Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a whole year from the point of view of the everyday workers. Nature photographer anthony powell spent ten years making his documentary antarctica. Much of this years sea ice growth occurred late in the winter season, and weather records indicate that strong southerly winds blew over the weddell. Sea ice is categorized by annual thickness of firstyear ice or multiyear ice. September 1, 2014 below you can view the complete antarctica. That net gain slowed to 82 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2008. Multiyear ice has distinct properties that distinguish it from firstyear ice, based on processes that occur during the summer melt. 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. Antarctic winter sea ice extent sets new record in 2014.
The southern hemispheres unrelenting winds and frigid air froze ocean water into 7. Documentaire avontuur film geregisseerd door anthony powell. 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. Year on ice most film crews that visit antarctica are only there for a few short months over the summer season. On average, sea ice covers about 25 million square kilometers 9,652,553 square miles of the earth, or about twoandahalf times the area of canada. The growth of antarctic sea ice was erratic this year. A year on ice is the first feature film by new zealand filmmaker anthony b. Overall, the earth has lost sea ice at an average rate of,500 square miles per year since 1979equivalent to losing an area larger than the state of maryland every year. Using specially modified cameras and spectacular timelapse photography, filmmaker anthony powell captures the splendor of the region like no film before. As the nsidc release explains, antarcticas sea ice growth spurt may be down to stronger winds and slightly fresher sea surface water around the margins of the continents melting ice shelves. Explorers spend a year in the southernmost continent. Released by native tongue in 2014 containing music from antarctica. Even after antarctica moved to its current location, the now icy continent remained a subtropical heaven, but then mysteriously, around 35. The antarctic sea ice cover is highly seasonal, with very little ice in the austral summer, expanding to an area roughly equal to that of antarctica in winter.
Antarctic ice sheet growing in mass volume in 2015. A year on ice dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Documentary, nature sorted by popularity ascending imdb. The land ice sheets are measured by satellite altimeters and previously it was claimed they were shrinking. With anthony powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen. 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. Using the latter plus a huge rise in the height of the ice sheet, zwallys study finds that east antarctica has gained roughly 147 billion metric tons a year. Slight increases in antarctic sea ice are outweighed by the loss of sea ice in the arctic during the same time period see the arctic sea ice indicator. It doesnt discuss exactly what the facilities do, focusing instead on regular workers, administrators, maintenance people, clerks, etc. Water and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms. A year on ice is not your normal nature documentary. Provide students with a copy of the forms of ice in antarctica worksheet pdf. But this past summer, earth scientists were startled to see antarctic sea ice take a nosedive, too. Terms such as pack ice, ice sheet and ice shelf may have come up in discussion.
Ice is expanding in much of antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap. Een groepje onderzoekers wordt op antarctica ontvoerd door een groep gemaskerde soldaten. Extra pictures, posters and video clips from the feature film antarctica. Anthony powell has been working in antarctica with his wife christine for many years. Antarctica is a massive block of ice today, but it used to more simply be a range of glaciertopped mountains like those found in alaska and the alps. Less brine means stiffer ice that is more difficult for icebreakers to. A year on ice soundtrack list movie 2014 tracklist ost list listen to original score, theme music from the motion picture, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits. He doesnt focus on what the stations actually research, he rarely interviews scientists, and the climate crisis is only briefly alluded to.
Nasas operation icebridge recently completed its 2014 antarctic campaign, marking the missions sixth set of flights over antarctica. Hd films horrorfilmsfilms onlinealiens filmthe shawshank redemptioncultfilms antarctica. Footage for this film has been meticulously gathered for the last 10 years, including 9 winterovers, isolated from the rest of the world. During the sixweeklong deployment from punta arenas, chile, researchers aboard nasas dc8 airborne laboratory measured land and sea ice from above to continue building a record of change in the antarctic. A year on ice gives testament to the planets natural wonders, humanitys thirst for adventure, and the emotional extremes that accompany a year within the last pristine wilderness. A year on ice soundtrack from 20, composed by plan 9. Shot in antarctica over the course of 10 years, it includes, as one might hope, some breathtaking timelapse photography of. A year on ice official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd duration. This documentary reveals the daily lives of workers who maintain the infrastructure at research facilities in the most forbidding climate on earth.
While the antarctic sea ice yearly wintertime maximum extent hit record highs from 2012 to 2014 before returning to. Powell apparently spent 10 years making antarctica. A year on ice, suffering frozen camera equipment and other setbacks. Lots of ice surrounds antarctica, while arctic melt moderates. Before antarctica was covered in icesomeone mapped it. It was so cold he had to build a special camera to withstand the frigid temperatures. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there. When the team returned a year later, two dogs were still alive. For an unprecedented third year in a row, antarcticas sea ice is poised to smash a new record this month. Met genevieve bachman, michael christiansen en tom hamann. Je mag natuurlijk wel een link naar een externe pagina plaatsen, samen met. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. Antarctica nearing sea ice record, but arctic ice still. 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.
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