The Antarctic Syndrome

Name: The Antarctic Syndrome
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-05-28
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jan Terelak

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6.5 (1)2019-05-281h 13m

Documentary

Overview

Does doctor Jan Terelak belong to an “elitist” group of the most unethical experimenters? The Polish scientist tested boundaries of human mental resilience in extreme conditions of solitude in Antarctica. The starting point for Piotr Jaworski's documentary is the psychologist's journal. The project from forty years ago was focused on studying the mental condition of polar explorers at the Polish station. Men were in the situation of confinement, comparable to a space mission. The film reconstructs these events, referring to the then contemporary context and changes in the perception of science.