PRODUCTIONS: ANTARCTIC

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The last true barrier to human exploration, the most inhospitable place on the earth. The Antarctic is a true open-sky laboratory, which contains precious scientific information for researchers from all the world over. To study rock samples, analyse the fish, to carry out unceasing surveys at depths of thousands of metres, to carry out astronomic surveys, to monitor the activity of the volcanoes: all this not only helps us to understand what has happened in the past, but furnishes in advance, indications of the future scenarios. From the most distant and dramatic explorations, to the most modern methods of scientific research, the document delineates the most important phases of the tough adaptation of men to this extreme continent. The ice mantle is in continuous movement. Huge rivers run at the interior of the continent, creating immense barriers, fissures and slopes. The wind and the freezing temperature form a unique landscape, that the human eye is unable to compare with anything else seen on the earth. The scenery of dreams, a lunar landscape, and an extraordinary wild life, create an unrepeatable environment which brings forth the best of the scientific documentaries.