North Pole '85

Directed by

Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson

Genre

documentary film

Country

Iceland

How it feels

This documentary retraces a 1985 North Pole expedition that included astronaut Neil Armstrong, mountaineer Edmund Hillary, and others. It shows modern filming at the North Pole and in Iceland to revisit that journey.

calmcontemplativeinformativeunderstatednostalgicexpedition-likecoldfactual

What happens

North Pole '85 is an upcoming Icelandic documentary film that retraces a little-known 1985 expedition to the North Pole undertaken by astronaut Neil Armstrong and mountaineer Edmund Hillary, alongside explorers Steve Fossett, Patrick Morrow, Peter Hillary and expedition leader Mike Dunn. Filming took place in 2025 at the North Pole and on the Arctic Ocean, as well as in Svalbard and Iceland. The documentary is produced by The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, with support from the French expedition company Compagnie du Ponant. It is scheduled for release in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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