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Discoverer (2009)
This film is the genuine article.
This film is the genuine article, made as it happened and with no possibility of prearranging or rehearsing anything you see on screen. You only get this quality of footage in a film made, like this one, by those who were on the expedition rather than by a "professional" film crew. But there is nothing amateurish about it. Prepare to feel very cold while watching this documentary; the arctic scenery is amazing. Prepare also to be impressed as one of the team describes, in very matter-of-fact terms, a near-death experience. Watching this film, you really do get something of the lived experience of an expedition to remote parts of the world. Watch it if you are interested in such expeditions; watch it if you enjoy documentaries about the great outdoors, but most of all watch it if you are fascinated at human bravery and enterprise.