Arctic Drift

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Arctic Drift (2020)

Directed by Philipp Griess

“The Largest Arctic Expedition of All Time”

Documentary, TV Movie, Adventure · 1h 29m

It's the largest Arctic expedition of all time. In September 2019 the German icebreaker "Polarstern" is on its way to the North Pole. The best scientists of their generation are on board. Their job are to collect data about the ocean, ice, atmosphere and life. The mission is to understand climate change, because the changes in the Arctic have an impact far beyond the region. The documentary provides spectacular close-ups of the MOSAiC expedition under the direction of the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and shows the world of the Arctic during the polar night, from which hardly any data and images existed until now. A scientific, logistical and also human adventure of a community of researchers and crew members who let themselves be frozen with the ship for a year in the ice desert near the North Pole in order to use the natural drift of the ice, captured for the audience in impressive images.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Philipp Griess
Writer
Philipp Griess
Director of Photography
Lars Barthel, Susanna Salonen, Bettina Borgfeld, Jakob Stark, Dieter Stürmer
Editor
Mathieu Honoré
Producer
Ute Biernat, Nico Hofmann, Philipp Griess

Details

Original title
Expedition Arktis - Ein Jahr. Ein Schiff. Im Eis.
Release date
2020-11-16
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary, TV Movie, Adventure
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
English, Russian, German
Countries
Germany
Production
RBB, NDR, HR, UFA Show & Factual, ARD