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90 DEGREES SOUTH DVD.By Herbert G. Ponting. DVD, running time 70 minutes.
Captain Robert Scott's harrowing, ill-fated expedition to the South Pole is lovingly restored here by the British Film Institute's National Film Archive.
Filmed and narrated by cinematographer Herbert G. Ponting, who accompanied Scott on his 1911 odyssey, "90 Degrees South" is a spellbinding chronicle of Scott's heroic and ultimately tragic race for the South Pole - not only did archrival Roald Amundsen reach the goal first, but Scott and his entire team died on the return trip.
Ponting's hauntingly beautiful images of ice caves and Antarctic wildlife are punctuated by diary entries that reveal the expedition team's gallant struggle during the heart-breaking last days of the doomed expedition.
A deeply moving tribute originally released in 1933 to great acclaim.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
ARKTOS, THE INNER JOURNEY OF MIKE HORN DVD.By Raphael Blanc. DVD, running time 84 minutes.
After travelling all around the globe along the Equator for 'Latitude Zero', Mike Horn has achieved his most intense solo expedition thus far: a journey around the polar circle against all winds and currents.
'Arktos: The Inner Journey of Mike Horn' is the story of this incredible adventure, from the detailed preparations to the arrival in North Cape. This movie presents the extent of the amazing determination of Mike Horn who never lost sight of his goal.
He spent more than two years in extreme conditions: his fingers frozen off, he risked his life on raging seas, he pulled himself out of the Arctic Ocean after the ice broke under him, and he almost froze to death. In these terrible conditions, any mistake can have fatal repercussions. He owes his life to the solidarity of the northern man.
NZ$40.00 + delivery.
SHACKLETON'S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE DVD.Narrated By Kevin Spacey. DVD, running time 40 minutes.
One of the greatest survival stories of all time comes to life in this extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-16). This incredible expedition has become a larger-than-life testament to heroism and human endurance, with all 28 men surviving nearly two years in the barren, frigid Antarctic when their ship, the Endurance, was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed.
In addition to re-creating the experiences of shackleton and his men, three of the world's most-accomplished mountaineers retrace the historic steps of Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean across the mountains and glaciers of South Georgia Island, a fantastic insight into what the three explorers accomplished during a seemingly impossible traverse.
Featuring stunning Antarctic images and recreations plus original still photography and 35mm motion picture footage by Frank Hurley, this is a voyage you'll want to relive again and again.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
SOUTH DVD.Photography By Frank Hurley. DVD, running time 88 minutes.
Ernest Shackleton's heroic expedition to the South Pole aboard The Endurance is captured here in all its graphic intensity by Australian, cameraman Frank Hurley.
After the conquest of the South Pole in 1911 by Roald Amundesen, there remained, in Shackleton's words, "one great main object of Antarctic journeying - the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea".
However, weeks after the expedition reached the South Pole from England in 1914, The Endurance was locked in a hardening raft of ice. As Hurley recounted:"Like an imprisoned bird she lies in the hands of her ruthless captor." It would sink there eight months later. Meanwhile, Shackleton and his crew sailed off in tiny boats to find safety.
Traversing glaciers, scaling cliffs and crossing treacherous seas in open boats, the men, though constantly threatened by cold and hunger, all miraculously survived.
A story of remarkable heroism against impossible odds.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
RACING WITH DEATH.By Beau Riffenburgh. Paperback, 128mm x 197mm, 296 pages. Monochrome photos.
This book tells the breathtaking story of Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expeditions, in which he more than once narrowly escaped with his life.
Mawson had been a key member of Shackleton's 1907-09 Nimrod expedition. In 1911 his own Australasian Antarctic Expedition set off for the great white south, pitching camp on the slopes of the Beardmore glacier. When both members of his party died, however, he was left to struggle the hundreds of miles back to base, only to find that the rescue ship had sailed away, leaving him to face another year in the Antarctic.
Mawson's expeditions were scientifically and geographically groundbreaking, and established Australia as a key player in the Antarctic. Mawson himself, who had complex relationships with both Scott and Shackleton, was changed utterly by his struggles in that harshest of environments and his story, brilliantly told by Beau Riffenburgh, is a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme duress.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
NORTH TO THE NIGHT, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic.By Alvah Simon. Pbk, 135mm x 205mm, 330 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
In June 1994 the author and his wife set off in their 36 foot yacht to explore the hauntingly beautiful world of icebergs, tundra and fjords lying high above the Arctic Circle.
Four months later, unexpected events trapped Alvah Simon alone on his boat, frozen in ice 100 miles from the nearest settlement, with the long polar night stretching into darkness for months to come. With his world circumscribed by screaming blizzards and marauding polar bears and his only companion a kitten named Halifax, the author withstands months of crushing loneliness, sudden blindness, and private demons.
Trapped in a boat buried beneath the drifting snow, he struggles through the perpetual darkness toward a spiritual awakening and an understanding of the forces that conspired to bring him there. He emerges five months later a transformed man
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
THE ARCTIC - AN ANTHOLOGY.by Elizabeth Kolbert (Editor). Paperback, 130mm x 195mm, 275 pages.
Beautiful, barren and under threat, the far north has long held a position of fascination in our collective imagination.
Featuring writers as diverse as Barry Lopez, Greta Ehrlich and Fridth Nansen, The Arctic bears witness to the allure of this striking, desolate landscape through a collection of the most vivid and compelling fiction, travelogues and natural science writing inspired by the North Pole.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
INNOCENTS IN THE DRY VALLEYS.by Colin Bull. Paperback, 152mm x 228mm, 267 pages. Colour photos.
In 1958-59, a physicist, a biologist and two undergraduate geology students from Victoria University of Wellington spent a summer discovering parts of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This expedition began what has become an annual and very fruitful Antarctic research programme from the university, spanning the last 50 years - so far. These days the expeditions are organised by the internationally respected Antarctic Research Centre. They may cost tens of thousands of dollars and often involve highly specialised equipment. Colin Bull and his companions, Dick Barwick, Barrie McKelvey, and Peter Webb, using food, equipment and transport that was mostly begged, borrowed or even salvaged from the Scott Base rubbish dump, carried out research for two months for under $1000. With droll humour, Bull recounts the adventures of these four hardy and resourceful scientists, who seemed to revel in the adverse conditions, lack of funding and battles with bureaucracy.
NZ$50.00 + delivery.
THE ANTARCTIC - AN ANTHOLOGY.by Francis Spufford (Editor). Paperback, 130mm x 195mm, 281 pages.
One of the last truly wild spaces left on Earth, the South Pole has long inspired fascination and exploration. Bringing together writers as diverse as Ernest Shackleton, Jenny Diski and Sara Wheeler, The Antarctic collects the most evocative and engaging fiction, travelogues, cultural history and natural science writing in a celebration of this stark, compelling continent.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
EXPEDITION ANTARCTICA - DVD.A TVNZ production, running time 154 minutes.
From the makers of the highly acclaimed Wild South programmes, this exclusive collection documents the exploration of the Poles – both past and present – and celebrates man’s determination to discover more about the world – whatever the cost.
The collection comprises three films. The first, Expedition Antarctica, documents the 2008 journey of a team of international marine scientists, and crew on board the research vessel the RV Tangaroa, as it heads for the Ross Sea off the Antarctic Ice Shelf.
The second, Ice Pilots, tells of the exploits of US Airforce Hercules pilots carrying scientists to otherwise unreachable realms of the ice.
The third, Icebound – 100 Years of Exploration, looks at the conflicts and dilemmas, the heroism and drama of Antarctic discovery alongside Antarctic legends Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
MAWSON – Life and Death in Antarctica – DVD.A Film Australia production, running time 85 minutes.
The Douglas Mawson Antactic Expedition of 1912 is one of the most amazing feats of physical and mental endurance of all time. Mawson was later knighted and became a hero, but the question of how he lived when others died has tantalised scientists, historians and explorers ever since.
Now, Australian adventurer Tim Jarvis retraces Mawson’s gruelling experience to find an answer.
Combining the drama of Jarvis’ contemporary adventure with chilling dramatic reconstructions, expert commentary and footage from the original expedition photographed by Frank Hurley, this is an extraordinary story of human survival.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
ICE - DVD.A TVNZ production, running time 112 minutes.
Following earlier adventures, Marcus Lush had his feet up for a well-earned cuppa when the call came to tackle an epic experience. A month in Antarctica. The result is Ice, TV One’s fascinating five-part series about the explorers, history, environment and animals – the reality of life on a continent that is truly unique.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
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