Werner Herzog’s latest documentary explores the desolate and
unforgiving terrain of Antarctica, but the film itself is full
of life. Having set out to avoid making another penguin movie, Herzog
focuses on the patchwork of interesting souls living among the
ice—from the banker-turned-driver of “Ivan the Terra Bus” to
the linguist living and working on a continent with no native
languages. The stories are fascinating, the images startling, and
the overall prognosis for the continent bleak. (See movie times,
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details.)