Antarctica (Nankyoku Monogatari)

Five stars for those gorgeous K9 heroes! My heart goes out to those poor, precious animals left to die, all because equipment is considered more important than loving, loyal, four-legged souls. A concept I will never understand, especially since those animals are the very ones that saved the lives of the explorers. Where's the gratitude?!!! The love the explorers showed for their dogs was very touching, but even there, I felt that they should have stayed with the dogs until they were sure another team would show, especially since the weather was so bad and things were being handled so much more differently than usual... but having failed doing that, they should have, at the very least, attempted to return immediately, with continued and absolute persistence... They should have at least tried! If it were their children that were stranded, you know they would have found a way; they would have done whatever it took. You never leave a man -- or dog -- behind (especially when you brought them there and they saved your life!). Do see this movie. These dogs story needs to be told, so that their deaths are never, ever in vain and such tragedy is never allowed to ever happen again.