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It is the end of August, 2009
and the start of a risky experience
with an uncertain ending.
We are departing for Spitsbergen
in search of polar bears –
the most dangerous land-based
predators in the world. Our aim
is to document the ways in which
climate change and global
warming influence the bears’
living environment. We do not
know what kind of unforseen
dangers we might encounter,
or indeed whether we will find
the giant white animals at all.
What we do know is that we can
expect magnificent scenery –
a landscape of unique beauty
and magic, colours of incredible
intensity and conditions that will
challenge us!
on the Trail of the Polar Bears
with the ARRIFLEX D-21
Latitude
In order to appropriately document this
unique story, it was essential to choose
the right equipment. Even more so because
our team consisted of just three individuals:
director Kai Schubert, assistant Daniel
Delbeck and myself. For this reason, the
equipment had to be compact; at the
same time, however, it had to be of a
technical standard that would do justice
to our topic. We decided to use the
ARRIFLEX D-21, with a Zeiss Master Zoom
lens and an SRW-1 unit for recording.
Of course we had to consider the question
of whether, under these circumstances,
the decision to use the D-21 was correct –
whether this system could cope with such