Film · Documentary
Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
★ 7.5 · 307 votes1 h 39 minDocumentary2008
Off the map, things get strange.
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Writers
- Werner Herzog
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- July 18, 2008
Cast
Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)
Clive OppenheimerSelf - Volcanologist- Scott RowlandSelf - Transportation Dept
- Stefan PashovSelf - Philosopher, Forklift Driver
- Doug MacAyealSelf - Glaciologist
- Ryan Andrew EvansSelf - Filmmaker, Cook
- Kevin EmerySelf - Survival School Instructor
- Olav T. OftedalSelf - Nutritional Ecologist
- Regina EisertSelf - Physiologist
- David R. Pacheco Jr.Self - Journeyman Plumber
- Samuel S. BowserSelf - Cell Biologist
- Jan PawlowskiSelf - Zoologist
- William JirsaSelf - Linguist, Computer Expert
- Karen JoyceSelf - Traveler, Computer Expert
- Libor ZichaSelf - Utility Mechanic
- Ashrita FurmanSelf - Multiple World Record Holder
- David AinleySelf - Marine Ecologist
- William McIntoshSelf - Volcanologist, Geochronologist
- Peter GorhamSelf - Physicist
Ernest ShackletonSelf - (archive footage)
