Getting Ready To Head South Again
It’s that time of the year now.
After far too brief a time off (it always seems that way), it’s time to head south again for me very soon.
Passengers getting ready to fly south at the Christchurch International Antarctic Center.
Christine just got down there a few days ago to assist with the arrival and unload of the annual supply ship. (She is in the crowd in the above photo somewhere).
The vast bulk of the annual supples are brought in on the ship, and all the trash from the last year is shipped out. We have very strict environmental protocols, so basically anything that is brought down is shipped out again.
This is a time-lapse clip I did back in 2006 of the ship being offloaded over a few days in the 24 hour sunlight...
I’m due down there in a couple of weeks, not long before the last plane leaves at the end of the summer season. From then our only contact with the outside world for the next 7 months will be electronic. No plane flights in or out.
It will be my 9th winter-over, and Christine’s 8th.
I’ll be spending pretty much every spare moment editing together the "Year on Ice" feature film.
It should be an interesting process working back and forth with the guys at Plan 9 to develop the soundtrack as we go. Check out their website here: http://www.plan9music.co.nz/
We are looking at getting the film ready for release early next year.
All I want to say Good luck and hope to see movie next year!
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Just found your TL on Youtube and this blog. Out of interest, are you still shooting time-lapse for your film, or is that done? Looking forward to seeing the final film.
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I have everything I need for the final film now, but still shooting new stuff all the time as well. There is always room for improvement in the final cut.
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The vast bulk of the annual supples are brought in on the ship, and all the trash from the last year is shipped out. We have very strict environmental protocols, so basically anything that is brought down is shipped out again.
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Wow, must be fantastic right down there. You can still ski there using moonlight....
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