Chasing Ice (2012)

Directed by

Jeff Orlowski

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 171 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows nature photographer James Balog as he sets up cameras to record glaciers melting over time. The film shows the dramatic effects of climate change through his time-lapse photography and a massive glacier collapse.

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What happens

Chasing Ice is a 2012 documentary film about the efforts of nature photographer James Balog and his insane Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) to publicize the effects of climate change. The film was directed by Jeff Orlowski. It was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. The documentary includes scenes from a glacier calving event that took place at Jacobshavn Isbræ in Greenland, lasting 75 minutes, the longest such event ever captured on film. Two EIS videographers waited several weeks in a small tent overlooking the glacier and, finally, witnessed 7.4 cubic kilometres (1.8 cu mi) of ice crashing off the glacier. "The calving of a massive glacier believed to have produced the ice that sank the Titanic is like watching a city break apart." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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