Watching this film set me off in a Herzog marathon - amazing director.
(edit - a little researching and I see this is the same post that I vouched after it was flagged, pleased to see the system lets good links back)
While in Alaska for the shoot, Hertzog took the time to address students at the U of Alaska in Anchorage. It was in the evening, in a teeny classroom, with only a few people there.
The only thing I remember (man, that was awhile ago) was how personable Herzog was. He told the story of his start, that when he was just a very young teenager, he stole (stole!) a rather expensive camera to shoot his first story. "You stole it?" someone conversationally asked? "Yes, I REALLY wanted to film," Hertzog gleefully replied.
Impish, obliquely egotistical, kind and gifted.
He's the most palatable example of a Nietzsche-an superman