polar exploration theme
Someone faces the dangers inherent to exploring unfamiliar arctic regions.
5 total · 1 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: The Conquest of the Pole (1912) | major | An international group of explorers went on an expedition to the North Pole. |
| movie: Alien vs Predator (2004) | minor | Lex led an expedition in the Antarctic to locate an ancient pyramid buried beneath 2,000 ft of ice. |
| movie: Frankenstein (2025) | minor | Captain Anderson and his crew managed to get their iron-hulled ship trapped in ice while sailing for the North Pole. While trapped they encountered a gravely injured Victor Frankenstein along with the Creature he'd created. In the end, the Creature took mercy on them and used its prodigious strength to free their vessel, whereupon they set sail for home. |
| movie: Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994) | minor | Captain Walton was leading an expedition to the North Pole. |
| novel: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1872) | minor | Nemo led an expedition to the South Pole, which turned out to be over open sea. |