A documentary on international co-operation in Antarctica among twelve nations - signatories to the Antarctica treaty, which has “frozen” all territorial claims in the continent leaving it a vast laboratory for peaceful exploration and research. The tour includes travelling with the US convoy through pack ice en route to McMurdo station; visiting the Russian base at Mirny and the US base at the South Pole; scientists of many lands working on upper atmosphere research and exploring caves; New Zealand explorers with dog-sledges, Americans in sno-cats, and finally historic films of early explorers Shackleton, Mawson and Byrd.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312529
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Antarctica - Discovery and exploration
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Exploration
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Explorers - Antarctica
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → International cooperation
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research
History → Antarctica - History
History → Explorers - Antarctica
History → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientific expeditions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientists
People → Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
People → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
People → Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)