Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Buy This Item Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature (IMAX) [Blu-ray]  List Price: $19.99  Available from Amazon  $12.99  on 12-6-2008     Features Actors: Debuted in IMAX theaters nationwide Directors: John Weilev Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen Language: English, French, German, Spanish Subtitles: French, German, Japanese Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Number of discs: 1 Rating: Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment DVD Release Date: November 13, 2007 Run Time: 40 minutes Average Customer Review:   17 Reviews 5 star:  (5) 4 star:  (2) 3 star:  (7) 2 star:  (3) 1 star:    (0) See all 17 customer reviews...   (17 customer reviews) Reader Reviews This review is from: Imax / Antarctica: Adventure of Different Nature (VHS Tape) This 1991 documentary was created for an IMAX presentation so I seriously wondered how this video would look on my little TV scene. Of course it could never be the same, but I had nothing to worry about because this 38-minute Australian documentary definitely captures the wonder and majesty of Antarctica. I learned something too and held my breathe in awe when the camera showed how the crevices in the glaciers are sometimes covered with such a thin sheet of ice that it will not sustain the weight of a person. However, they did bring a camera down there and it was a treat to see something that had never been filmed before. Another great shot was a timed exposure of the sun as it travels around the pole. There was also excellent cinematography of seals and of penguins although I wish they had skipped the silly background music, which tried to be humorous while showing the penguins diving. There were also a few film clips from the 1948 British film "Scott of Antarctica". I understand that the film cost $3.5 million to produce and that the film crew had to drag 2300 pounds of Imax equipment around, including one camera that never worked in the frigid temperatures. It took two Antarctic summers to film and the crew stayed at the American, French, Russian and Chinese scientific camps, getting some interesting footage of the scientists themselves and their experiments. The inevitable conclusion is that global warming is a serious threat that we cannot ignore. This is a great video for those of us who will likely never visit this coldest, driest, windiest and last unexplored place on earth. Recommended.  Comment | Permalink |  function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)

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