Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Werner Herzog.

Cast

• Werner Herzog as Narrator (voice)
• Clive Oppenheimer as Self - Volcanologist
• Scott Rowland as Self - Transportation Dept
• Stefan Pashov as Self - Philosopher, Forklift Driver
• Doug MacAyeal as Self - Glaciologist
• Ryan Andrew Evans as Self - Filmmaker, Cook
• Kevin Emery as Self - Survival School Instructor
• Olav T. Oftedal as Self - Nutritional Ecologist
• Regina Eisert as Self - Physiologist
• David R. Pacheco Jr. as Self - Journeyman Plumber
• Samuel S. Bowser as Self - Cell Biologist
• Jan Pawlowski as Self - Zoologist
• William Jirsa as Self - Linguist, Computer Expert
• Karen Joyce as Self - Traveler, Computer Expert
• Libor Zicha as Self - Utility Mechanic
• Ashrita Furman as Self - Multiple World Record Holder
• David Ainley as Self - Marine Ecologist
• William McIntosh as Self - Volcanologist, Geochronologist
• Peter Gorham as Self - Physicist
• Ernest Shackleton as Self - (archive footage)
• Shaun Phillip Cantwell as Self - General Assistant

Crew

• Werner Herzog — Director
• Werner Herzog — Writer
• Henry Kaiser — Producer
• Peter Zeitlinger — Director of Photography
• Julian P. Hobbs — Producer

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