In these two clips from Werner Herzong’s film “Encounters at the End of the World”, Herzog discusses how humans corrupt, disrespect, and the mockery humans make of nature. In the first clip, Herzog discusses how before the first adventurers were able to travel to the South Pole, it was still pure and untouched. However, once theses adventurers were able to arrive at the South Pole, the South Pole was no longer pure and untouched, but instead corrupted. For Herzog, the only saving grace that these adventurers had was that they were actual “adventures”, unlike the individuals discussed in the second clip. In the second clip Herzog’s tone shifts from dismayed to annoyed at the “quests” these individuals take. These “quests” further corrupt nature by making a mockery of it and using nature for personal gain by setting some sort of world record. It used to be difficult and dangerous to travel to Antarctica or through the Sahara, but now it seems that anyone can do it, even if it is by some ridiculous means like driving backwards or by using a pogo stick. By traveling in these ridiculous ways, man is disrespecting nature. When man uses nature as a means to gain some sort of notoriety, he is corrupting nature, because nature is being used and bent to the will of man.