The Most Beautiful Place on Earth

"The most beautiful place on earth"... that's Laurence Gould's description of Antarctica, a continent, he first saw in 1934 when he was second-in-command to Admiral Byrd in the flight across the South Pole.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / International Zone
• Video Length: 00:27:19
• Production Date: 1 December 1969
• Asset Language: English
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Geographic Subject: ANTARCTICA
• MAMS Id: 2643174
• Parent Id: 837568

Description

Since 1957 (the International Geophysical Year) the huge icebound continent has acquired a permanent population. Twelve countries now maintain scientific expeditions "on the ice", exchange the fruits of their research and visit each other's establishments. Countries often hostile in the political world up north have agreed to this extent to break the ice.

• Scripts: File; INTL_ZONE_131_MOST_BEAUTIFUL_PLACE_ON_EARTH_373_SCRIPT.pdf (739.56 KB); File; INTL_ZONE_131_MOST_BEAUTIFUL_PLACE_ON_EARTH_373_SYNOPSIS.pdf (526.97 KB)