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.
This film will screen as a double feature with Chasing Time. CHASING TIME will screen first, followed by a 20 minute Q&A session with the directors and subjects of the film. Following the Q&A, CHASING ICE will screen.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Writer Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Co-Director Sarah Keo, and subject James Balog scheduled to attend.
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-Yang 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-Yang 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
- Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang
- Country: USA
- Year: 2012
- Running Time: 75 min.
- Producer: Jerry Aronson, Paula DePré Pesmen, Jeff Orlowski-Yang
- Screenplay: Mark Monroe
- Cinematographers: Jeff Orlowski-Yang
- Editors: Davis Coombe
- Music: J. Ralph
- Website: Official Film Website
- Awards: SXSW 2012 (Audience Award)
- Filmography: The Social Dilemma (2020), Chasing Coral (2017)
- Language: English
- US Distributor: Exposure Labs
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