North Pole '85
| North Pole '85 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Orly Orlyson Rafnar Orri |
| Produced by | The Exploration Museum |
| Cinematography | Elvar Egilsson |
Production company | Pólfarar |
| Country | Iceland |
| Languages | English Icelandic |
North Pole '85 is an upcoming Icelandic documentary film that retraces a little-known 1985 expedition to the North Pole undertaken by astronaut Neil Armstrong and mountaineer Edmund Hillary, alongside explorers Steve Fossett, Patrick Morrow, Peter Hillary and expedition leader Mike Dunn.[1][2]
Filming took place in 2025 at the North Pole and on the Arctic Ocean, as well as in Svalbard and Iceland. The documentary is produced by The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, with support from the French expedition company Compagnie du Ponant. It is scheduled for release in 2026.[3][4][5]
Synopsis
The film documents a return to the North Pole forty years after Armstrong and Hillary's original expedition. It follows their descendants, including Neil's son Mark Armstrong and Edmund's son Peter Hillary, as they journey aboard the icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot to honor their fathers’ legacy and reflect on environmental change in the Arctic.[6][7]
Production
The documentary is produced by The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, through its production company Pólfarar. Sony provided 8K digital cinema cameras for filming at the North Pole in July 2025. Filming also took place on the Arctic Ocean pack ice, in Longyearbyen and Húsavík. Ponant, operator of Le Commandant Charcot, collaborated with the filmmakers and hosted the expedition that served as the setting for the film.[7][3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Clash, Jim (29 August 2025). "Neil Armstrong's Son Mark And The North Pole: Like Father, Like Son". Forbes. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Hayes, Samantha (1 September 2025). "Sir Ed Hillary's son, grandson retrace Kiwi icon's famous journey with Neil Armstrong". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b Egill Páll (12 August 2025). "Ævintýri gerast þegar dreymt er stórt". Vikublaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b Jónsson, Kristján (31 July 2025). "Fjalla um heimsfræga menn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b Erlingsdóttir, Margrét Helga (2 August 2025). "Húsvíkingur á norðurpólnum segir sögu merkustu landkönnuða 20. aldar". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Lerwill, Ben (30 August 2025). "Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary's joint adventure to the Arctic you've never heard about — and what its re-creation can tell us about the state of Earth". Country Life. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Húsavík filmmakers reach the North Pole". Húsavík Observer. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.