The Blinding Sea, a 108-minute high-definition film, explores the life and loves of Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), the most successful polar explorer of all time. The film portrays him not as a lone white hero of legend, but as a person who shared with the Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic Canada and Alaska as well as the Chukchi of Siberia. He gained vital traditional knowledge that enabled him to navigate the Northwest Passage, conquer the South Pole, navigate the Northeast Passage and be first confirmed to have reached the North Pole. Shot entirely on location in Antarctica, the High Arctic (Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Mexico, Scotland, England, Ireland and Norway, The Blinding Sea is a non-derivative film affirming the values of courage, dignity and sharing of knowledge in a multicultural setting. It is also a film drawing on rich story-telling by members of the Amundsen, Gerlache, Scott, Evans and Shackleton families, as well as on Inuit and Chukchi oral traditions.
The Blinding Sea is a high-definition feature-length documentary, 108 minutes long, recounting the life and works of the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen in the years 1897-1928. Unlike conventional biopics, this film uses the camera eye to explore polar landscapes and seascapes, capture oral traditions, and evoke psychological and physical health states.Shot on location in Antarctica, Alaska, the Yukon, Nunavut, Quebec, Mexico, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium and other places, this film is a non-derivative, anti-racist film that goes beyond the myth-making and myth-breaking of conventional biographies.The film follows Amundsen and a number of his fellow explorers and competitors such as Adrien de Gerlache, Frederick Cook, Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Teddy Evans.The film draws on family stories, as remembered by descendants of these explorers and also by descendants of the Inuit of Arctic Canada and the Chukchi of Siberia whom Amundsen knew best: Anne-Christine and Johan Amundsen, Bernard de Gerlache, Falcon Scott, Alexandra Shackleton, Julian Evans, Bob Konana, Paul Ikuallaq, George Konana, Gloria Corbould and others.The story-telling is supported by an original musical score.The Blinding Sea focuses on the role played by culture, health and nutrition in polar exploration a century ago. The film offers completely new insights into Roald Amundsen's life and works, as well as historical context and eye-witness scenes shot in the polar regions, in all seasons and all weather.
