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2. Encounters at the End of the World - Wikipedia

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   Encounters at the End of the World is a 2007 American documentary film by Werner Herzog about Antarctica and the people who choose to spend time there. It was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by ThinkFilm. [2] At the 81st Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature.

3. List of Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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   2012 – Felicity Aston becomes the first person to ski alone across Antarctica using only personal muscle power, as well as the first woman to cross Antarctica alone. [37] [38] Her journey began on 25 November 2011, at the Leverett Glacier, and continued for 59 days and a distance of 1,744 km (1,084 mi). [39]

4. History of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   The first women to have any fanfare about their Antarctic journeys were Caroline Mikkelsen who set foot on an island of Antarctica in 1935, [144] and Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington who were the first women to over-winter in Antarctica in 1947. [145] The first woman scientist to work in Antarctica was Maria Klenova in 1956. [146] Silvia ...

5. Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration - Wikipedia

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   Left to right: Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting after first reaching the South Pole on 16 December 1911. The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians ...

6. First Russian Antarctic Expedition - Wikipedia

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   Soviet postal stamp commemorating the 150-year anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica, with a map of the Russian Antarctic expedition. (1970) USSR postal stamps commemorating the expedition. (1950) In 1961–1963, the famous historian of polar expeditions Mikhail Belov published a series of studies on the Bellingshausen's report card. Thus ...

7. Antarctica: A Year on Ice - Wikipedia

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   Antarctica: A Year on Ice is the first feature film by New Zealand filmmaker Anthony B. Powell. This documentary is set in Antarctica , specifically in the Ross Island region, which is home to two research bases: United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base .

8. ‘Antarctica Calling’ Review: Luc Jacquet’s Latest Feels Like ...

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   Nearly two decades ago, “March of the Penguins” crossed a frontier hardly any nonfiction film ever does: not just the Antarctic Circle, but the even more remote $100 million mark at the global ...

9. First Peoples (TV program) - Wikipedia

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   First Peoples is a five-part PBS television documentary program about the first people on the Earth. The program aired in 2015. [ 1 ] It shows how humans reached each continent , focusing on various fossil discoveries and placing them into the context of what research has discovered about pre-modern human migration .