A feeling for the ice

SYNOPSIS – In June 2021, Dixie Dansecoer lost his life during an expedition on the Greenland ice sheet. His body was never recovered. For his wife Julie, their children, friends and expedition partners, this loss left a void – and a mountain of questions. The film opens with his sudden death and weaves together two threads: Dixie’s own voice – through archive footage, diaries and the material he shot himself – and the voices of those who knew him best. Julie becomes a second protagonist: not only the woman who stayed behind, but someone who also learned to embrace the cold, the emptiness and the beauty of the poles. Her journey runs parallel to Dixie’s, giving every expedition an emotional charge: the man on the ice has something to lose. Through the memories of expedition partners such as Alain Hubert, Troy Henkels, Sam Deltour and Eric Bonnem, the film paints a layered portrait that shifts between heroic expeditions, intimate family moments and the inevitable end. It is not a straightforward biography but a meditation on adventure, love, and the price of self-fulfilment.