The film records the journey of Werner Herzog and the crew to Antarctica to film local creatures, residents, and unique geographical features. This documentary is not a film about the famous penguins in Antarctica, but to explore the human life in Antarctica and the magnificent and magical beauty of Antarctica. They went to the McMurdo Station on Ross Island, the largest scientific research center in Antarctica, operated by the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Program Department, to film, and interviewed some local people who provided support in operations, logistics, IT, and maintenance. After the members, they went to the seal bases, diving camps and other places where humans camped in Antarctica. They met many interesting people along the way. They did a lot of work including cell biologist Samuel Bowser and zoologists. Brief interviews with Jan Pawlowski, penguin scholar David Ainley, etc. To a certain extent, what they are shooting and exploring is not to show the field of scientific research, but to reveal a unique life experience to the public
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Encounters at the End of the World movie plot
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William Jirsa: I like to say, if you take everybody who's not tied down they all sort of fall down to the bottom of the planet, so that's how we got here, you know. We're all at loose ends, and here we are together. I remember when I first got down here I sort of enjoyed the sensation of recognizing people with my travel markings. I was like, hey, these are my people. PhDs washing dishes and linguists on a continent with no languages.
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Werner Herzog: In the stupid trend of academia, it would be better to let the language die than to preserve it.