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Off the coast of Antarctica, in the southern ocean, there is a small island known only to polar explorers. On the island, right on the rocks, there are sarcophagi. People who are not written about in geography textbooks are buried here. But without them, the exploration of Antarctica would be impossible. More than 60 years have passed since the first burial. During this time, the cemetery has never been completely renovated. Our team of 8 people went to Antarctica to make it for the first time.
This film is about the price that people have to pay for the opportunity to look beyond the horizon and explore the unknown.
Olga Stefanova (Moscow, Russia, 1981)
Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. Winner of international film festivals. Author of the documentaries: The Light of the White Sea (2005), Beslan. The Right to Life (2006), Wintering (2010), Russian Antarctica: XXI Century (2015), Vostok Station. On the Threshold of Life (2016). Participant of seven expeditions to Antarctica, she spent the winter (2009 - 2010) at the Bellingshausen Station as part of the 54th Russian Antarctic Expedition. Special correspondent for the Vesti program in Antarctica in 2013. Recipient of the Main Prize of the Russian Geographical Society 2016. Author and leader of the project on the restoration of polar explorers’ cemetery in Antarctica in 2017.
