Antarctic Journal

Antarctic Journal

6.8

Total votes: 117

Director & Screenwriter: Im Pil Sung

Screenwriter: Lee Hae Joon, Bong Joon Ho

Release Date: May 19, 2005

Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.

Year: 2005

Country: South Korea

Native Title: 남극일기

Content Rating: 15+ – Teens 15 or older

Alternative Titles: Namgeuk Ilgi

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

Choi Do Hyung is the captain leading the Korean expedition as they challenge crossing the Antarctic for the first time in the world without supply. The goal is the unreachable point of Antarctic continent. The crew are Seo Jae Kyung, Lee Young Min, Kim Sung Hoon) Yang Geun Chan, Kim Min Jae. The members of the expedition are carrying a 100kg sleigh and they are still moving ahead in perfect shape.

21stday of the expedition.

Marching through the snow the expedition finds a journal of a British expedition written 80 years ago. Min Jae, the youngest of the expedition, who finds the ‘Antarctic Journal’ feels strange because the drawings in the journal are similar to himself and the Korean expedition. From the moment this Antarctic Journal comes into the hands of the expedition, strange things start to happen to them. Jae Kyung suffers a serious cold when in Antarctica virus cannot exist, a mummy of a British expedition wearing winter clothes is found, and as these strange phenomena happen, captain Choi shows greater tenacity for reaching the unreachable point. All this is as strange as the unknown lands of Antarctica.

Soon enough, the sun will go down and Antarctica will be filled with pitch darkness. The expedition has lost two men and the equipment is not working. Only the strangest eyes are looking upon them. Does this unreachable point truly exist?

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