Antarctica: A Year On Ice 2014 Watch Free in HD

This feature-length film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in Antarctica, for a full year. The story is not from the point of view of scientists, but of the people who spend the most time there; the everyday workers who keep the stations running in the harshest place on the planet. Filmed over 15 years by Frozen Planet photographer Anthony Powell, the film features a unique insiders point of view, with unparalleled access, and never before seen stunning footage of the deep Antarctic winters.

Genre:

Biography, Documentary, Adventure

Actors:

Genevieve Bachman, William Brotman, Michael Christiansen, Tom Hamann, George Lampman, Peter Lund, Keri Nelson, Casey OBrien, Anthony Powell, Christine Powell, David Prutsman, ...»

Director:

Anthony Powell

Country:

International

Release:

2014

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

91 min

Washington Post

It is the simple glimpses of ordinary life in an extraordinary place that are the most stirring moments in the film.

December 04, 2014

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Common Sense Media

Powell doesn't let tiny details slip by.

December 12, 2014

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Epoch Times

Technically, it is far superior to an average installment of PBS's Nature, but it has the same general niceness and similar tacked-on messages.

June 13, 2016

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Boston Globe

"Antarctica" ultimately does evoke a sense of the place - its magnificent emptiness and inhuman, unspoiled purity.

December 04, 2014

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East Bay Express

You'll want to wear a sweater to the theater.

January 23, 2015

Seattle Times

A documentary that's essentially a tribute to a hardy group of people who've made a life on the ice.

November 28, 2014

Madison Movie

If nothing else, watching the documentary "Antarctica: A Year on Ice" makes a Wisconsin February go down a little easier

February 20, 2015

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Chicago Reader

Powell makes excellent use of time-lapse photography to capture such natural phenomena as a sea freezing over. What registers most strongly, though, is the sense of loneliness and professional drudgery.

December 04, 2014

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Mostly what you get is a chronicle of tedious routine carried out in a killing climate. That gives this documentary a flavor that is strong and genuine. Just not very appealing.

November 28, 2014

San Diego Union-Tribune

The movie shows precisely what the title suggests: the changing seasons in that desolate place, and the folks who decide to endure them.

December 11, 2014

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Movie Chambers

Under incredibly harsh conditions, Powell captures the outstanding beauty of the ice, the active volcano near McMurdo, the wildlife, the ice-cold water and the amazing night sky with stars so bright, it's almost blinding.

April 17, 2015

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San Diego Reader

Way too much screen time is given over to folks describing what it's like to live in such a place, as opposed to, you know, actually living there.

December 12, 2014

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