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1. The Thing from Another World (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 33,563
2. Antarctica 1948 (1949)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
This black-and-white film was made as a record of operations of the Australian National Research Expedition to Antarctica, from November 1947 to April 1948. It follows the journeys of two ... See full summary »
Stars: Phillip Garth Law, Fritz Loewe, Stuart Campbell, Alan Campbell-Drury
3. Southward on the Quest (1922)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1921.
Star: Ernest Shackleton
4. Shackleton and Scott: Rivals for the Pole (2001 Video)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Shackleton and Scott were men with a common goal: the South Pole. However, divisions between them grew as jealousy and intrigue intensified their rivalry. The consequence of their polar ... See full summary »
Directors: John Murray, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Caroline Alexander, Ranulph Fiennes, David Hempleman-Adams, Diana Preston
5. Mawson Base: Face to Face (1984 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Directors: Rob McCubbin, Ian Toohill | Stars: Phillip Garth Law, Douglas Mawson
7. Escape from Antarctica: On the Trail of Shackleton (1999 Video)
54 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A team of Irish adventurers attempts to follow in the footsteps of Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton, who, in 1914, tried to cross the polar continent.
Directors: Donnacha O'Briain, Mick O'Rourke | Stars: John Murray, Donagh Deeney, Mike Barry, Paddy Barry
8. Groenland, vingt mille lieues sur les glaces (1952)
70 min | Documentary, Adventure
Filmic record of the French polar expeditions headed by Paul-Emile Victor to Greenland in 1948-1951.
Directors: Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin | Stars: Paul-Émile Victor, Georges de Caunes
9. The Last Husky (1993 Video)
54 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Chris Hilton | Stars: Guy Blackmore, Phillip Hinton
10. Sir Hubert Wilkins in Canada (1937)
1 min | Short, News
Sir Hubert Wilkins getting out of airliner. Close ups and speech. He is about to set out on search for lost Soviet Polar airmen.
Star: Hubert Wilkins
11. 12 Flags South (1963 TV Special)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
A documentary about Antarctica.
Director: Lionel Hudson | Stars: James Condon, Richard E. Byrd, Douglas Mawson, Ernest Shackleton
12. Sir Hubert Wilkins Describes His Recent Antarctic Expedition (1930)
3 min | Short, Adventure, News
The distinguished explorer tells of recent expedition.
Star: Hubert Wilkins
13. Sir Hubert Wilkins: Polar Explorer and Aviator (2015)
37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The true and extraordinary life of Hubert Wilkins. He was compared to Lawrence of Arabia by Australian General John Monash who said he was "the bravest man I have ever seen".
Stars: Brian Hernan, Hubert Wilkins
14. Mawson: Science and Survival (2012 TV Special)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
'Mawson: Science and Survival' is the epic and relatively untold story of one of the Antarctic's most incredible stories of survival - the remarkable ill-fated trek of Douglas Mawson in ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Thompson, Geoff Moxham, Douglas Mawson, Quentin Bryce
17. Expedition South (1961)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Stars: Ron Haddrick, Douglas Mawson
19. Mawson in the Mirror (2014 Video)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Michael Brooks, Karin Barovich, Alan Collins, Douglas Mawson
20. Douglas Mawson and Edgar P. Waite: Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (1967)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
[Shot List:] Ship at a wharf, huts in background, furry animal(?) on board, freight on deck, 'Aurora' on stern, ship departs from dock, shots on board, men climb mast rigging, 3 mast ship ... See full summary »
Director: John Heyer
21. Surviving Extremes (2006 TV Special)
52 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Bill Garner, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Douglas Mawson
22. The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (2011 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A reconstruction of two lectures given by Sir Douglas Mawson between 1914-1916 of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913. Using a combination of film and lantern slides of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Vincent Plush, Andrew Pike
24. Aerial Antarctic Discoveries (1930)
1 min | Short, Adventure, News
Stars: Hubert Wilkins, Carl Ben Eielson
25. Under the Pole (1959)
1 min | Short, News
Nearing the ice-packs of the Arctic, the American nuclear-powered Submarine "Skate" submerged. A 12-day, 3,000-mile trip under the Polar regions lay ahead. The voyage, under Commander James... See full summary »
Star: James Calvert
27. Antarctica: Physical Geography (1991 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Christopher McCullough | Star: John Flynn
28. Sir Hubert Wilkins (1938)
1 min | Short, Biography, News
Sir Hubert Wilkins gives his views and hopes about his forthcoming submarine expedition to the North Pole.
29. The Official Film of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition (1949)
68 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Frank Hurley | Stars: Douglas Mawson, Xavier Guillaume Mertz, Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis
30.
Erlebnis Erde (2007– )
Episode:
Expedition Arktis - Ein Jahr. Ein Schiff. Im Eis.
(2020)
89 min | Documentary, Adventure
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Philipp Grieß | Stars: Stephan Schad, Stefanie Arndt, Eric Brossier, Robert Campbell
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