--- title: Drone Footage Shows Antarctica Icebergs, Island: Video description: [vimeo 124858722 w=500 h=213] Precious few people ever get the chance to visit Antarctica, so allow this stunning eight-minute video to provide you with a... canonical: https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-01T21:18:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:21.454Z og:title: This Drone Footage Will Convince You Antarctica's the Most Gorgeous Place on Earth og:description: [vimeo 124858722 w=500 h=213] Precious few people ever get the chance to visit Antarctica, so allow this stunning eight-minute video to provide you with a... og:url: https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Drone Footage Will Convince You Antarctica's the Most Gorgeous Place on Earth twitter:description: [vimeo 124858722 w=500 h=213] Precious few people ever get the chance to visit Antarctica, so allow this stunning eight-minute video to provide you with a... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Stunning Drone Footage Will Convince You Antarctica's the Most Gorgeous Place on Earth by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 1, 2015 9:18 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 1, 2015 9:18 PM UTC Precious few people ever get the chance to visit Antarctica, so allow this stunning eight-minute video to provide you with a rare glimpse of the remote region. Swedish filmmaker Kalle Ljung and his crew shot this drone footage during a 20-day trip to Antarctica this past December/January. “We started from Ushuaia in Argentina and went to Port Williams in Chile, rounded Cape Horn and crossed the Drake Passage towards the Melchior Islands in Antarctica,” Ljung explains in the[ video description](https://vimeo.com/124858722). The resulting video is a breathtaking look at the region’s natural beauty. It captures an overwhelming feeling of isolation and stillness — but also captures some rare moments full of life, like a gently moving fishing boat and a family of whales. We recommend watching this video in full-screen mode, and with the volume turned up, because it also features some very soothing music. _Read next:_ [_Antarctica May Have Just Set a Record for Its Hottest Day Ever_](http://time.com/3762354/antarctica-temperature-high/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/"},"headline":"This Stunning Drone Footage Will Convince You Antarctica's the Most Gorgeous Place on Earth","datePublished":"2015-05-01T21:18:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:21.454Z","description":"[vimeo 124858722 w=500 h=213] Precious few people ever get the chance to visit Antarctica, so allow this stunning eight-minute video to provide you with a...","url":"https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3843855/gorgeous-antarctica-drone-footage/","name":"This Stunning Drone Footage Will Convince You Antarctica's the Most Gorgeous Place on Earth"}}]}] ```