The White Continent

12/15/2024

Featuring a rather rousing score that well complemented the endeavour here, this short feature follows an international team as they travel from Europe to Norway's farthest-flung territory - Queen Maud Land. This barren chunk of Antarctica was to be their home for a winter in which they hoped to explore the mountainous regions and learn more about the weather. Firstly, though, they had to get there and that was done on a factory whaling ship before they transfer to a smaller, more nimble whaler, and thence to the land. This in itself was quite a feat of navigation as their powerful boat was frequently hemmed in by the unforgiving ice floes and bergs. Luckily, they had a sea-plane which could be used to help them find their way. Once on land, there was a fair chunk of manual labour involved