Halibut Herald

New this week at the library at work is Werner Herzog‘s 2007 Antarctic film, Encounters at the End of the World. Unlike any other Antarctic nature doc I’ve seen — I’m only halfway done watching it and already want to share it with everyone and their mums. What a great movie suggestion for the librarian to pick up! *pats own back*

The film was based around a strange variety of creatively concocted, yet valid, questions Herzog had when he was asked to come on for the journey. (NOTE TO SELF: Get a good camera, make some praise-worthy films, be invited to travel the world on a big credible organization’s dime). To give you a vague idea, his questions had to do with human nature, needs vs. wants, natural selection, habits of sophistication and more. Really just watch it for yourself. So much amazement packed into one film. And to think all this wonderment exists on the very same planet you and I lay our heads down on every single night.

I posted a similar (if not the same) video in the old HH last summer so forgive me if you’ve kept up-to-date and have already watched this one. Plus, if you have, it’s a good reminder for you to share this post with others. Below is just one snip of the biodiversity Herzog encounters (that includes the variety of characters of people met too)

My favorite line from the following video:

“You can hear the seals call and it’s the most amazing sound. They make these really inorganic sounds. It sounds like…. I dunno, Pink Floyd or something. They don’t sound like mammals and they definitely don’t sound like animals.”

More underwater seal calls:

Makes me want to make music. Or make the journey to live amongst the dreamers with survival skills. Enjoy

PHOTO SOURCE @ The Film Sufi