The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Directed by Roland Emmerich
A paleoclimatologist whose warnings go unheard sees a new ice age arrive, and walks from Washington to a frozen Manhattan to rescue his son, who is sheltering in the New York Public Library.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica≈ 00:02:00Stated on screen
A huge piece of ice shelf breaks off under Jack's drilling team.
- 2UN conference≈ 00:06:00New Delhi, IndiaStated on screen
He warns a climate conference that abrupt change could come within generations.
- 3NOAA and home≈ 00:12:00Washington, D.C.Stated on screen
Jack works on his model while Sam leaves for a school competition in New York.
- 4Decathlon and streets≈ 00:20:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Sam's academic decathlon ends in a storm and a flood surging through the streets.
- 5New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
Sheltering in the library, they burn books to survive the deep freeze.
- 5Buried mall≈ 01:15:00PennsylvaniaInferred
- 6New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue≈ 01:50:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 27,867 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 26,982 km
- Plane: 328 km
- On foot: 327 km
- Car: 231 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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