Roald Amundsen's expedition to the Arctic Ocean on the Maud 1922-1925 (1926)

Original title

Med 'Maud' over Polhavet

Directed by

Odd Dahl

Genre

silent film, travel documentary

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent documentary follows the crew of the ship Maud during a two-year Arctic voyage after Roald Amundsen left the expedition. It shows their scientific research and the dangerous moments they faced on the ice.

historicexpeditioncrew-focusedstarkunconventionalscientificsurvivalobservational

What happens

Med Maud over Polhavet is a Norwegian documentary film from 1926, directed by Odd Dahl. The film's maker, photographer and air force officer Odd Dahl, sailed aboard the ship Maud for two years from 1922 and filmed the crew on board as they travelled through the unexplored Arctic. Odd Dahl filmed the scientific work and many critical situations the crew faced on the ice. By this time, the Maud expedition's former leader Roald Amundsen had left, and was engaged in his aerial expeditions to the North Pole. The crew consisted of: Oscar Wisting, Captain Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, oceanographer Odd Dahl, airman, photographer Finn Malmgren, meteorologist Gennady Olonkin, telegraphist Søren Syvertsen, machinist (died 1923) Karl Hansen, handyman Kakot, handyman from Siberia The film had its premiere at the Victoria Teater in Oslo on 17 May 1926, but was it previewed the day before with a lecture at the University of Oslo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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