Antarctica: A Message from Another Planet (2019)

• 69%
• 2019
• Documentary
• Mario Cuesta Hernando

We know the natural Antarctic, its prodigies that make it a unique territory, with layers of ice almost five kilometers thick, winds of impossible speeds and temperatures as cold as anywhere else on the planet. We know scientific Antarctica, the projects that study climate change, life on Mars, the origin of the marine currents of all the oceans of the world. We know the adventurous Antarctic, in which Amundsen, Scott, and Shackleton inscribed their name in History. We know many Antarctica, but not politics. And it exists.On the occasion of the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Madrid Protocol, which protects this fascinating ecosystem, we will produce a documentary and a book on the Antarctic spirit, which consecrates the sixth continent to peace, science and the protection of the environment. We will investigate if that spirit represents the best of the human being or if it is a great hypocrisy. From the hand of the only inhabitants of this remote place, the scientists and the military that help them, we will understand the round-trip relationships between our societies and this white desert. Perhaps in Antarctica, there are some clues about the threats that the human facing and about the solutions that can lead us to a better life.Antarctica is the only territory in the world where all countries have agreed to promote peace, science and the environment. But is that spirit real or hypocritical? Can we save Antarctica without first saving ourselves?