Miracle in Antarctica – The Forgotten Story of Dakshin Gangotri

India’s unmatched triumph retold by its champions In December 1983, Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta, a geophysicist and seismologist and now a Padma Shri recipient, is sent to Antarctica to lead a mission then thought impossible: build Dakshin Gangotri–India’s first scientific base-station there–before the end of the Antarctic summer, a fleeting timeframe of barely 60 days. To achieve it would be to set a world record. But time is not his only nemesis. Battered by a blizzard and a helicopter crash, will one man’s leadership and the team’s grit prevail over their frostbitten fingers, before the pack ice moves in to leave them doomed? Santosh Saligram: Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer, Editor and Creative Santosh Saligram is a filmmaker, writer, photographer, editor and creative from Bengaluru. Passionate about storytelling in every form, he revels in revealing worlds through both visuals and words. A diversely skilled raconteur, Santosh loves to take on challenging subjects that are high in impact on social consciousness. Greatly concerned with story structure, meaning and messaging without falling into sensationalism, oversimplification or homiletics, he considers film a medium to “unravel the mind of another on the conveyor belt of feeling”. Ever an aspirant of capturing and conveying the emotional core of a narrative, he says his effort is to use film as a tongue on which voices other than his own may speak louder than himself. Sourabha Rao: Writer, Poet, Filmmaker Sourabha Rao is a bilingual writer, filmmaker, poet, translator and former freelance journalist, with literary proficiency in English and Kannada. She deeply cares about crafting stories primarily on nature and wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, climate change mitigation, social issues, heritage and art. She storytells with an earnest attempt to engage and seek to inspire meaningful, positive change. She has written op-eds and photostories for leading Kannada and English newspapers, and has collaborated with filmmakers in wildlife- and water-conservation. Rao is now exploring stories at the intersection of humans and wildlife in the hinterlands of India. Suraj Sumanth: Animation Artist Suraj Sumanth is a filmmaker, post-production lead and creative operations strategist with over 13 years of experience across film, brand and digital production. Trained in Film Production at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal, he combines a deep technical background in cinematography, editing, and workflow architecture with systems-driven leadership. Currently serving as Lead of Post Production and Associate Producer at LastBench Studio in Bengaluru, Suraj specializes in building scalable digital infrastructure, optimizing post-production pipelines, and overseeing craft-forward storytelling for major brands and social impact organizations.