Commissions

Greenlit: Antarctica, Nat Geo

Antarctica w/t – An unprecedented, cross-platform partnership to document the determined men and women working on the frontiers of science at New Zealand’s Scott Base, Antarctica.

The partnership includes significant funding to support scientific research and an agreement to showcase the challenging work undertaken by the researchers and support staff.

Antarctica is a continent that is entirely focused on science. Every single Antarctican is either engaged in pivotal scientific projects to learn more about the planet, or engaged in supporting this research — or both. Between the extremes of the harsh continent itself and the focused dedication of the communities around the work, life on an Antarctic base is like a fully operational extraterrestrial facility — a space station on ice. Each person on base works to keep the science running and to make this place habitable, from contemplating how to drill through the 1,000-foot-thick Ross Ice Shelf to how to serve hot meals to a cold crew to gearing up and guiding teams to brave the elements on the ice.

The coverage is expected to include inside access to those on the ground who keep this isolated world running, including traveling with helicopter pilots and crew who work in numbing temperatures flying teams across giant glaciers, ice shelves and to wildlife colonies, while the base team monitors storms and white-outs approaching. We will be right alongside scientists researching charismatic megafauna – the great predators of the Southern Ocean. Our camera teams will also be driving shotgun with the brave men and women who clear the roads (after building them) to transport scientists, and then build camps for their three-week field work out in the elements. These are the real heroes that make science possible.

Channel: National Geographic Channel / National Geographic magazine /National Geographic Web platforms.

Producer:   National Geographic Channel / New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute (NZARI) / Antarctica New Zealand

TX: TBC

Source: Nat Geo press release