In 2014, scientists declared West Antarctic ice sheet melt unstoppable, threatening the future of our planet. A group of world-class researchers is in a race to understand climate change in the fastest winter-warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. Trekking through dangerous and uncharted landscape, these scientists push the limits of their research and come to terms with the sacrifices necessary to understand this rapidly changing world.
Antarctic Edge: 70° South is a science-adventure story that combines exploration, dramatic imagery and two decades of scientific collaboration into a compelling character-driven narrative. The filmmakers had unprecedented access to critically important climate research in the fastest winter-warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, the film was made in collaboration with 14 undergraduate film students who served as assistant producers and assistant editors. Antarctic Edge features oceanographer Oscar Schofield.
Antarctic Edge: 70° South is available on iTunes and Amazon and was streamed on Netflix. Antarctic Edge was theatrically released in New York and Los Angeles, was broadcast on Participant Media’s PIVOT channel and is the recipient of several film festival awards.
For more information about Antarctic Edge and the researchers featured in the film, visit https://beyondtheice.rutgers.edu/