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Nankyoku Tairiku Japanese drama
A drama commemorating TBS’s 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore Antartica. They were accompanied by a dogsled of 19 Sakhalin dogs. When they left for Japan a year later, they were forced to leave the dogs behind due to the bad weather. In January 1959, Kuramochi Takeshi and some others joined a third expedition to ascertain the fate of the dogs Taro and Jiro.
- Drama: Nankyoku Tairiku
- Country: Japan
- Episodes: 10
- Aired: Oct 16, 2011 – Dec 18, 2011
- Aired On: Sunday
- Original Network: TBS
- Duration: 60 min.
- Native Title: 南極大陸〜神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語〜
- Also Known As: Antarctica ~The Story of Dogs and Men Who Challenged the Field of God~ , Nankyoku Tairiku ~Kami no Ryouiki ni Idonda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari~ , Nankyoku Tairiku – Kami no Ryouiki ni Idonda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari ,
- Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
- Director: Fukuzawa Katsuo
- Genres: Adventure, Drama