1947. The rush to the poles marked the beginning of an incredible human adventure to discover the last-remaining unknown lands. In France, Paul-E?mile Victor persuaded the government to finance expeditions to explore the Arctic and Antarctic. For the pioneers the conditions were Dantean, all in the name of science.

Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of ...

An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, aw...

Gombessa Expedition 3 Protected by an international treaty Antarctica has been spared the effects o...

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...
Andreas Kieling, a famous German documentary film maker, explores the coldest places in the world. H...

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...

This large format film explores the last great wilderness on earth. It takes you to the coldest, dri...

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...

A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey...

Interview with a scientist from the Concordia research base, in the middle of an ice desert.

Amidst the pristine but freezing waters surrounding the white continent, a unique insight into the m...

Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated ...

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965,...

The story of Steve, an Adélie penguin, on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. When St...

For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the ...

Explorer Adam Shoalts embarks on an estimated 4000 km journey across the Canadian Arctic by canoe an...

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be...

The few thousand kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole are a fascinating and hypnot...

The beauty of the Arctic is breathtaking. For as long as we can remember, the Arctic has been associ...