Philips Presents: The Longest Night

Icelandic fisherman Páll Pálsson has spent 36 years at sea, a life that has cost him countless nights of sleep, like many in his trade.

Striking Icelandic seascapes frame a quiet portrait of the hidden toll of a fisherman's sleepless life.

Páll Pálsson has been a man of the sea for 36 years. With a life of fishing, comes a life of little sleep. Research shows that nearly half of Icelandic fishermen suffer from sleep-related disorders such as chronic fatigu

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