It is within these corrugated metal walls that Herzog finds his true subject: the "professional dreamers." He interviews a plumber who claims to have "descended from the Aztec kings" and whose fingers are curled and gnarled, evidence of a life of labor. He speaks with a forklift driver who spent years driving across the United States just to see the world, and a woman who traveled to the most remote corners of the globe, only to end up washing dishes in Antarctica.
Herzog explicitly states at the outset that this is "not another film about penguins". Instead, the film prioritizes: Encounters at the End of the World
Herzog was inspired to visit the continent after seeing otherworldly underwater footage by research diver Henry Kaiser. Produced by Discovery Films It is within these corrugated metal walls that