Amundsen documentary on ARTE on Sunday, March 28th 2010 at 10.10 p.m.
In a theme night “the Deadly Arctic” the Context TV documentary „Roald Amundsen – Verschollen/ Sur les traces du grand explorateur polaire” directed by Rudolph Herzog, will be shown on the German/ French TV Channel ARTE.
Besides historic original footage of Roald Amundsen on his pole expeditions, the 52-minute film is about the spectacular expedition set out to find the remains of Amundsen. While trying to rescue his former partner and biggest rival Umberto Nobile, Amundsen disappeared 1928 without a trace. In 2009, more than 90 years later, Context TV in collaboration with the Norwegian Marine set out to the Barents Sea. They followed the polar explorer’s traces in order to throw light on his mysterious disappearance and find the wreck of his flying boat, the Latham 47.
Roald Amundsen – Lost in the Arctic: Successful movie premiere!
Roald Amundsen – Lost in the Arctic: Successful movie premiere at the Norwegian embassy in Berlin (02/13/2010). The film was also shown on the press conference in Tromsø (02/27/2010). Take a look in the gallery for some images and a DVD-Preview!
Video of Rob McCallum at the press conference added!
The expedition leader Rob McCallum speaks about the results of the expedition at the press conference on the KV Harstad on September 5, 2009. Play video!
