movies: Chasing Ice
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| title | country | year | length | director | url | blurb | virtual_screening | programmer_blurb | trailer_url | language |
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| Chasing Ice | USA | 2012 | 75 | Jeff Orlowski | https://www.siff.net/festival/chasing-ice | With his breathtaking time-lapse imagery and stunning landscapes, National Geographic photographer James Balog documents the rapid and alarming shrinkage of the world’s glaciers, warning of looming consequences for the planet. | 0 | In 2005, National Geographic photographer James Balog set out for the Arctic to document the effects of climate change on the planet’s northern ice cap. A skeptic of the science behind global warming at the time, Balog wanted to see with his own eyes whether a warming planet really posed dire consequences for life on Earth. Seven years later, the shocking evidence he’s seen of rapid glacier shrinkage and ice shelf disintegration has made him a passionate convert, leading him to launch the Extreme Ice Survey project to record the polar ice retreat. Balog and director Jeff Orlowski created Chasing Ice as a clarion call to the rest of the world about what Balog calls “the biggest story in human history.” To capture these starkly beautiful, jaw-dropping images, Balog and Orlowski battled sub-zero temperatures using largely untested technology. Using the tack-sharp images from Balog’s lens and cutting-edge time-lapse photography showing mountains of ice disappearing over the course of a few months, Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. This film stands as a warning that these fantastical icescapes may be gone forever if nothing is done.—Randy Woods | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3h3FQYvXBo | English |