Horizon: Ice Station Antarctica

Horizon: Ice Station Antarctica

2016 · 59 min · Documentary

BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to Antarctica, years after he lived and worked at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station.

Directed by Simon Winchcombe

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