Glacier Movies

A glacier. Icebergs. Cold fog gliding through the folds.

Making of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the Mont-Blanc massif. In 1943. Alain Pol films the...

Elite alpinist Colin Haley lays everything on the line in a legendary winter solo push on Cerro Torre – one of Patagonia’s most iconic...

Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent as a result of climate change. The combination of drought and heavy rainfall is...

Ten percent of the earth's surface is covered by glaciers. While these frozen peaks are the planet's largest reservoirs of drinking water, they are...

A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged...

A first-person documentary on an expedition to glaciers in Kyrgyzstan.

A travel center cafeteria in the small Icelandic town of Vik is packed with tourists stranded by a winter storm. Merida looks for the owner of a...

Sound and shortened version of 'Im Kampf mit dem Berge', Arnold Fanck's second major mountaineering film, from 1921. The film follows two mountain...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif,...

Hundreds of gremlin-like mutant creatures from a melting glacier violently descend on a survivalist cabin in the mountains where an unsuspecting...

Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.

The film chronicles the journey of the renowned De Le Rue family: Xavier, a 7 x World Champion; his younger brother Victor, a 3 x World Champion; and...

Released in 1901

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...

In 1941, under the Vichy regime, during the Nazi occupation, a team of six people crossed the Mont-Blanc massif. Leaving the Arve Valley with a month...