Movie: Edward Sloman: The Lost Zeppelin (U.S.A. 1929) An early talkie, this is a simple story about an American Navy explorer who leads a zeppelin expedition to the South Pole. On the night before he departs, he discovers his wife kissing with his second in command. They leave for South Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #77 – Mind Over Matter
Non-fiction: Ranulph Fiennes: Mind Over Matter (Delacorte Press, 1993) Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud attempted to cross the Antarctic continent manhauling unsupported in the 1992-93 season. Unsupported means that they pulled all of their food and equipment all the way from coast to coast, breaking the record for the longest Continue Reading
Pyhää maata tänään telkkarissa
(Kuva: Matti Näränen) Uneton 48 -kilpailun osana tekemämme lyhäri Pyhää maata on tänään telkkarissa! Kaikki kymmenen finalistia näytetään Ylen ykkösellä noin 23:30 alkaen. Äänestäkää! Kilpailun voittajasta päättää yleisöäänestys yhdessä tuomariäänten kanssa. Äänestää voi tekstarilla 19.10. asti. Lähetä viesti uneton 7 numeroon 16130. Viestin hinta on 0,95 euroa, ja se menee Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #76 – Ice Bound (the book)
Non-fiction: Jerri Nielsen with Maryanne Vollers: Ice Bound (Ebury Press, 2001) I’ve already talked about Ice Bound the movie here, based on this very book. The book is Dr Jerri Nielsen’s own account of her time as the winter-over doctor at the U.S. South Pole station. She was stricken with Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #75 – 90 South
Documentary: Herbert G. Ponting: 90 South (U.K. 1933) This is the sound version of Herbert Ponting’s earlier documentary of the final Scott expedition, The Great White South. Apparently, the images are quite the same, but there’s a voiceover narration by Ponting himself. The pictures are interesting, but I suspect only Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #74: the Last Place on Earth
TV series: Ferdinand Fairfax: The Last Place on Earth (U.K. 1985) Based on Roland Huntford’s seminal book, this is a British TV series of seven episodes about the race for the South Pole. It’s definitely the best movie or tv series of any kind I’ve seen about the Heroic Period Continue Reading
Pyhää maata makes the final 10
Our short film Pyhää maata made the final top 10 in the Uneton 48 competition. Now were waiting to see who wins…