Stephen

Been watching The Returned which isn't bad. The acting has a definite made for tv sort of vibe but the underlying story is decent enough to keep me interested.

Chula Vista

Anthony Bourdain, Parts Unkown: Antarctica

One of the best, and most challenging episodes he's ever done.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Chula Vista

Amazing how many people actually live there. There's one main complex on the coast that houses about 1,500 people during the 'warmer' months and then about 150 during the winter. Then there's another smaller complex with maybe 100 people that live in the only area of the continent that's not covered in ice. And then there's one about 150 yards from the pole itself that houses 200 people.

All 3 are made up of a combination of scientists, and all purpose staff (cooking, cleaning, laundry, machine operators, etc.)

At the end of each summer a Navy ice breaker creates a path for a huge cargo ship that drops off enough supplies to the main complex to last all 3 complexes for a full year. They use helicopters to distribute the supplies.

Fun fact: Right at the pole is the clearest part of the planet for looking to the stars. They just installed one of the most powerful telescopes in the world there to study the largest black hole in our solar system. They can actually see **** getting sucked into the hole.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Trollheart

I assume you mean the US version? You should check the original French one, Les Revenants.
Hope you enjoy it. If you find season two anywhere do let me know; I've been waiting for Sky Arts to show it but no luck and completely impossible to find online. I believe The Bastard Executioner is pretty intense too (made by Kurt Sutter, of Sons of Anarchy fame), though it was cancelled after one season.

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Stephen

I did look for that one first but it wasn't available.