Here's another documentary of sorts - the complete footage from Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole... and maybe some people (Leclisse) are right and I'm the only one in the world who thinks this is really frickin' cool, but Roald Amundsen is hardcore. He shakes a stick at a penguin and stabs a seal in the back.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the site ends up covered in red paint (or human blood) over this one.
From the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization:
Roald Amundsen and his 4-man team reached the South Pole, with the help of polar dogs, on 14 December 1911. The expedition, and particularly the dog-sled journey to the Pole, is described as daring and with an exceptionally good logistic planning and execution.
The Antarctic and the Arctic Polar Regions, for several centuries, were regarded as the final frontiers for mankind to conquer, and the North and South Poles were for a long period of time the great goals to attain within geographic discovery.
The discoveries in the polar areas contributed, not least in Norway but also internationally, to greater consciousness of, and political interest in, questions concerning sovereignty and rights in these sea and land areas.
The original film material of Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition documents a great historic achievement, outside the borders of the civilized world and in an extreme climatic environment.
In his time, Roald Amundsen (1872 – 1928) contributed, through several expeditions and together with his teams, to new knowledge within several aspects of polar research. First and foremost, however, he is remembered as a master of the classic polar expedition's planning and execution.
The film collection is unique, as it documents the important events of this first expedition to reach the South Pole. Though the material is incomplete, it is made up of original sequences, filmed between 1910 and 1912, consisting of negative film and first and second-generation print material.
Technical Information:
Title: Roald Amundsens Sydpolsferd/Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition
Year: 1910-1912/2010
Country: Norway
Director: Roald Amundsen
Source: DVD9 Retail
Video Codec: 480p-x264
Container: .mkv
Size: 606 MB
Length: 41:23
Programs used: DVD Decrypter, Womble, RipBot
Resolution: 720x576
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Video: AVC H264 @ 2048 kb/s
Frame Rate: 25 fps
Audio: None on source
Subtitles: None on source
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