Best documentary on Antarctica
This is the real deal. Always intrigued, fascinated with the ‘white continent’? It remains so unexplored and isolated. Startling, awe-inspiring, ethereal, pristine natural beauty. The coldest temperature was -89.6°C. Average is -49°C. Home freezer is -15°C.
Will plan a 3 day visit from Cape Town. Direct flights to Whichaway Camp, truly an exotic once in a lifetime experience. Camp has heated sleeping and shower pods, kitchen, lounge and a dining room. Treks to ice tunnels is surreal, majestic and inspiring.
People travelling to Antarctica, either work on scientific research stations or are tourists. 99% of Antarctica is always covered by ice sheets. Animals include penguins, seals, nematodes, tardigrades, mites. Whales are largest animals in ocean. Some grass, shrubs, algae, fungi, lichen and bacteria. Landscape is mysterious, untouched.
Out on the ice, it’s tough to judge distances. Suppressed ability of touch, smell, taste. Weather includes life-threatening, forceful winds or lightning, snow storms, incessant rains and ice avalanches.
