Title: A Year On Ice
Year: 2000
Region: 4
Rating: E
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jim Claypole & Yvonne Claypole.
Description: Australian Geographic presents Jim and Yvonne Claypole's amazing tale of endurance in Antarctica. Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Since there is little precipitation, except at the coasts, the interior of the continent is technically the largest desert in the world. There are no permanent human residents and there is no evidence of any existing or pre-historic indigenous population. Only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichen and many types of algae. Jim and Yvonne Claypole spent twelve months living in a 2.4 metre x 3.6 metre prefabricated hut chained to rocks on the ice edges of the Antarctic continent. The dangers they faced were extreme, both physically and psychologically. The story of their private expedition is one of inspiration and determination to survive in an environment that even the penguins and seals desert for six months of the year. Such survival was totally reliant on the couple's ability to stay mentally positive as they were plunged into 24 hour darkness in the depths of the harsh Antarctic winter. Share their emotional and inspiring journey in this compelling true story.
Chapters:
￭ Preparing To Leave
￭ The Journey Begins
￭ Our New Backyard
￭ Protecting The Hut
￭ Keeping To Routine
￭ Novelty Wearing Off
￭ The Worst Left Behind
￭ Return To Civilization
￭ Twelve Months Later
Extras: None
Release: Original Edition
Media: DVD
Case: Standard
Discs: 1
Format: PAL
Type: Single Layer
Display: 4:3 Fullscreen
Picture: Colour
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English
Subtitles: None
Duration: 47 minutes
Condition: Brand New & Sealed