Werner Herzog takes his camera to Antarctica where we meet
the odd men and women who have dedicated their lives to
furthering the cause of science in treacherous conditions.
A scientist studies neutrinos, which are everywhere, yet
elusive; he likens them to spirits. A researcher's nighttime
performance art includes contorting her body into a luggage
bag. A survival guide teaches his students to survive white-
out conditions by wearing cartoon-face buckets over their
heads. Animal researchers milk mother seals as part of
their study. Volcanologists offer advice on what to do when
a volcano erupts. A pipefitter shows us the anomaly in his
hands that he says are a sign he descended from Atzec royalty.
A former Colorado banker drives what he has christened Ivan
the Terra Bus. An underwater diver shows his colleagues DVDs
of apocalyptic sci-fi films like Them! (1954). And - though
Herzog declares he's not "making another film about penguins"
we meet a penguin researcher who answers the filmmaker's
questions about homosexuality and insanity in his subjects.
We also meet an individualist penguin, who breaks away from
the other birds to run toward the mountains, facing certain
death.

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