Queen Maud Land

  • Documentary
11/1/2018
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A motley crew of climbing legends mount an expedition to the world’s coldest and most remote peaks in the heart of Antarctica.

A dream team of six elite climbers mount an expedition to one of the world's last great climbing frontiers: the remote frozen towers of Antarctica. Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker tackle a new route on the 3,600foot Ulvetanna; Savannah Cummins and Anna Pfaff summit the towering Holtanna; and Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright make a harrowing and hilarious blitz of 13 different spires spread across the ice field, including one pitch that Honnold calls "the scariest I have ever led." Queen Maud Land the name of this icy region showcases a stunning, rarely visited wilderness, and the suffering and vision needed to climb at the bottom of the world.

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    • archiefrink

      I was shocked when I first discovered that The North Face et al. had produced a recreational film on the seventh continent. Antarctica is not like anywhere else on this planet. It is a microcosm of the survival of the whole of complex biological life in this Anthropocene moment. It is the last place on the planet where, after one hundred years of modern human awareness, has withstood human industry.

      As human population expands and Earth experiences greater climatic vulnerability in the short term threatening survival of most complex life, it is imperative that Antarctica remain untouched by industry.

      As an outdoor recreation professional, naturalist, and artist, I am both ashamed of The North Face and all crew of this documentary glor...

      June 28, 2022