Post #393910 by ikitnrev on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:05 PM

Yesterday I saw the Werner Herzog Antarctica documentary 'Encounters at the End of the World'

Tikis in Antarctica?

Late in the film, there is a scene where of the workers is being interviewed. There is a tiki on the wall behind him. Unfortunately, it is one of those hideous colored Party Store tikis. Ugh, what an atrocity. There is a frozen sturgeon later in the film, and that frozen fish had way more soul and mystery and looked way more tiki - even in its permanently frozen state, than that party store tiki.

Another scene showed a big weather balloon and scientific meteorological package it was carrying (to measure sub-atomic particles in the upper atmosphere) The scientific package had hula girls and Hawaiian language (non-party store) printed on its side - due to the head scientist being from the University of Hawaii. (Hawaii to Antarctica ... quite the professional journey)

Lots of ice down in Antarctica, but not much tiki