Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms
Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms

Series·1990·1 Season

Through the Homeland of Ice and Storms

2400 Kilometers of Antarctica with Reinhold Messner and Arved Fuchs

Country

DE

Language

German

Episodes

3

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The Story

Original title: Durch die Heimat des Eises und der Stürme

In 1989, the German polar explorer Arved Fuchs and the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner set out together to reach the South Pole on skis without sled dogs or motor technology and then cross the entire Antarctic. There are problems right from the start because the onward transport to the starting point by plane cannot be carried out on time. Finally, the adventurers set off from Patriot Hills Base Camp on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to the Pole. The completely different character traits of the two men quickly emerge. Messner is impetuous and pushes for speed. The calm Fuchs divides his strength and consistently follows his pace during all planned breaks. On New Year's Eve 1989, the two men are warmly welcomed by the crew of the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. But the much larger and more dangerous part of their adventurous continental crossing still lies ahead of them. The 3-part documentary shows one of the last great adventures of modern times in impressive pictures.

Producer

Gustav-Adolf Bähr

Cinematography

Reinhold Messner

Music

Hans Peter Hepp

Themes

snowantarcticasouth polepolar explorationpolar expeditionsouth pole regionpolar regioniceantarctic exploration

Production House

Spiegel TV
SWR

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Cast

Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner

Self - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject

Arved Fuchs

Self - Expedition Member / Portrait Subject

Michelle Rogan-Finnemore

Self

Viktor Boyarsky

Self

Carlos Anderson

Self

Ronald Nugent

Self

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Crew

Jacqueline Winkel

Editor

Wilhelm Bittorf

Director, Writer

Katja Habermehl

Editor

Hans Peter Hepp

Original Music Composer

Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner

Director of Photography

Gustav-Adolf Bähr

Producer

Jürgen Bolz

Director of Photography

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