Discover Selma Story
Eleven people, one yacht & the most challenging waters in the coldest place on Earth.
All for the most amazing series of photos that will make the harsh antarctic winds touch your very soul.
Is Antarctica still as dangerous and inaccessible as it was back in the day?
How far can you push the limits of one’s endurance and determination?
SELMA - an adventure from the edge of the world tells the amazing story of the crew of Polish yacht S/Y “Selma Expeditions”, and their voyage to the most challenging waters in the world.
Eleven crew members take on the heroic challenge of reaching The Bay of Whales in the Antarctic. They spent almost4 months in close quarters of a small yacht to reach the southernmost spot on the marine map of the world.
It is a tale of outstanding personalities, expansion of personal limits, and endurance.
Is Antarctica still as dangerous and inaccessible as it was back in the day? How far can you push the limits of one’s endurance and determination?
Selma’s cruise to the Ross Sea touches the literal edge of the world. It’s a story about cooperation, friendship and determination in achieving a goal. All of this set in a beautiful virgin scenery of ice landscapes, among which the never filmed before phenomena of escaping from the freezing Ross Sea took place.
The crew’s achievement of reaching the Bay of Whales and setting a new sailing world record (78º 43’ 926” S, 163º 40’ 957” W) has been entered in the Guinness World Records.
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Adelie penguins.
Adelie penguins.
Huge table iceberg appeared on the horizon.
Huge table iceberg appeared on the horizon.
Ice cliff.
Ice cliff.
Sky-light.
Sky-light.
Unknown Antarctic summits.
Unknown Antarctic summits.
Light of the mainland.
Light of the mainland.
Selma anchored in McMurdo Sound.
Selma anchored in McMurdo Sound.
Antarctic landscape.
Antarctic landscape.
The Antarctic Peninsula.
The Antarctic Peninsula.
The Bay of Whales – 78º 43’ 926” S, 163º 40’ 957” W.
The Bay of Whales – 78º 43’ 926” S, 163º 40’ 957” W.
Towards the top of Erebus.
Towards the top of Erebus.
A sea & sky of drifting gowlers.
A sea & sky of drifting gowlers.
Iceberg like shark's fin.
Iceberg like shark's fin.
Ice cliff.
Ice cliff.
Storm is coming.
Storm is coming.
King penguins.
King penguins.
Iceberg landscape.
Iceberg landscape.
The Acatushún Museum.
The Acatushún Museum.
CREDITS:
realization: Maciek Jabłoński / F11
screenplay: Dominik Szczepański, Iwona El Tanbouli - Jabłońska, Maciek Jabłoński
cameras: Maciek Jabłoński, Krzysztof Jasica, Miłosz Dąbrowski, Piotr Kozdryk, Grzegorz Proszowski, Piotr Lubaczewski, Piotr Kania, Artur Skrzyszowski
music: Maciek Jabłoński, audionetwork.commedia
patronage: National Geographic Poland
promotiona & art patronage: Anna Chudziak
cast: S/Y Selma Expeditions crew – Piotr Kuźniar (skipper), Tomasz Łopata (co-skipper), Krzysztof Jasica (co-skipper), Michał Gawron, Dušan Jamný, Piotr Lubaczewski, Krzysztof Pełka, Leszek Rychlik, Artur Skrzyszowski, Damian Święs, Jacek Załuski & Małgorzata Wojtaczka, Marta Grabowska, Błażej Worsztynowicz, Grzegorz Proszowski, Volodymyr Korzh
production: F11 - Studio & Selma Expeditions
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