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Encounters at the End of the World

Discovery Films | Release Date: June 11, 2008

Summary: Werner Herzog confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with Encounters at the End of the World. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, headquarters of the National Science Foundation and home to eleven hundred people during the austral summer (Oct-Feb). Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get. (THINKFilm)

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Runtime:	99 min
Rating:	G
Production:	Discovery Films
Genres:	Documentary
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Nov 18, 2008

Director	Credit
Werner Herzog	Director

Writer	Credit
Werner Herzog	Writer

Cast	Credit
Ashrita Furman	Multiple World Record Holder
Clive Oppenheimer	Volcanologist
David Ainley	Marine Ecologist
David R. Pacheco Jr.	McMurdo Journeyman Plumber
Doug MacAyeal	McMurdo Station Glaciologist
Karen Joyce	Computer Expert
Kevin Emery	McMurdo Station Survival School Instructor
Olav T. Oftedal	Nutritional Ecologist
Peter Gorham	Physicist - University Of Hawaii
Regina Eisert	Physiologist
Ryan Andrew Evans	McMurdo Station Cook
Samuel S. Bowser	Cell Biologist
Werner Herzog	Narrator
William Jirsa	McMurdo Station Linguist - Computer Expert
William McIntosh	Volcanologist - Geochronologist

Producer	Credit
Andrea Meditch	Executive Producer
Dave Harding	Executive Producer
Erik Nelson	Executive Producer
Henry Kaiser	Producer
Julian Hobbs	Executive Producer
Phil Fairclough	Executive Producer