This is true for minimum and maximum extents, and for the annual average. My blogging challenge, my rules, right? Antarctica A Year On Ice is a documentary about life in Antartica over the winter. Directed by Anthony Powell. Since satellite-based measurements began in the late 1970s, Antarctic sea ice extent has shown high year-to-year variability. These images, created from GRACE and GRACE-FO data, show changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002. Anthony Powell's Antarctica: A Year on Ice examines the day-to-day conditions faced by the hearty people who live on the frozen continent year-round in many of the various research stations that are continually manned so that humankind can garner important scientific information from the area. Antarctica isn’t a country, but I am writing about it anyway. A very interesting look at the life of those who choose to work in Antarctica. The overall trend is nearly flat. A visually stunning view of life in the coldest, darkest place on Earth features the hard, devoted individuals who reside year-round in Antarctica. It doesn't discuss exactly what the facilities do, focusing instead on regular workers, administrators, maintenance people, clerks, etc., and their physical and emotional experiences in a very remote place. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Parents need to know that Antarctica: A Year on Ice is a documentary about workers at research stations who spend the winter months keeping things operational. Antarctic sea ice reaches its largest extent in September, with a 1981–2010 average of 7.2 million square miles. This documentary is set in Antarctica, specifically in the Ross Island region, which is home to two research bases: United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base. The continent has about 4,000 residents in the summer season, peaking in December – February, and roughly 1,000 people the rest of the […] Antarctica: A Year On Ice is a visually stunning film that lets you experience what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months of darkness in the harshest place on Earth. Antarctica: A Year on Ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. Antarctica: A Year on Ice 2013; 1 h 31 m; PG for mild thematic elements and language This breathtaking film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of the planet, in Antarctica, for a full year… With Anthony Powell, Genevieve Bachman, William Brotman, Michael Christiansen. ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. Antarctica: A Year on Ice is the first feature film by New Zealand filmmaker Anthony B. 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