Encounters at the End of the World

A documentary by Werner Herzog, about Antarctica. A few stunning scenes: scientists with their ear to the ice below them listening to seal calls. Sea stars under the sea ice. Mount Erebus Volcano. Time capsule at the South Pole. It's about science and scientists -- often nature documentaries just show animals/phenomena and try to be dispassionate; Herzog makes documentaries about nature and humanity. I don't want to spoil it by saying too much, see this ASAP!

On the type of people who live down there: "phds washing dishes and linguists on a continent with no (native) languages."

Screengrabs to whet your whistle:

Exploring a fumerole (volcanic gas vent) on Mount Erebus

Under the ice, jellyfish