Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic (1913)
- Original title
- Home of the Blizzard
- Directed by
- Frank Hurley
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film shows footage from Douglas Mawson's 1911 to 1914 Antarctic expedition. It documents the explorers' journey and their work in a harsh, icy landscape.
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What happens
Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic, known by many other titles, including in Australia as Home of the Blizzard, and released on the UK as Life in the Antarctic, is a collection of silent documentary footage of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE). The AAE was a 1911–1914 expedition to Antarctica led by Australian geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson, which was photographed with both still camera and cinematograph by one of the expedition members who was also the official photographer, Frank Hurley. The moving picture footage was released in varying versions, sometimes along with stills, with its first iterations in Australia, released in 1912 and 1913, titled With Mawson in the South. Direction of the film has been ascribed to Hurley, but the history of the film indicates otherwise; it was likely that he was only the cinematographer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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