Drifting in Antarctica

Australia, 2004

Film

Alice, a profoundly deaf Zoologist, tells of her experience as a volunteer seabird observer on a working icebreaker in Antarctica. Featuring excerpts from “The rime of the ancient mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Produced in partnership with Arts Access and supported by the Department of Human Services and the Deafness Foundation for Telling Tales.

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Credits

creator

Alice Ewing

Duration

00:04:12:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2004

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2006650

Languages

English

Signing

Audience classification

Exempt

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode

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