Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glacie... Read allFollow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 5 nominations total
- Self - National Geographic Explorer
- (as Sylvia Earle Ph.D.)
- Self - EIS Engineer
- (as Adam Lewinter)
- Self - Climatologist, Ohio State University
- (as Jason Box Ph.D.)
- Self - Glaciologist, University of Colorado
- (as Tad Pfeffer Ph.D.)
- Self - EIS Videographer
- (as Jeff Orlowski)
- Self - Oceanographer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- (as Synte Peacock Ph.D.)
- Self - Senior Fellow, Stanford University Woods Institute
- (as Terry Root Ph.D.)
- Self - Directof of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
- (as Thomas Swetnam Ph.D.)
- Self - Head of Geo Risks Research, Munich Reinsurance
- (as Peter Hoeppe Ph.D.)
- Self - Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- (as Gerald Meehl Ph.D.)
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- TriviaHolds the record for containing the biggest and longest lasting glacier calving that has ever been put to film. On May 28th, 2008, the Jakobshawn Glacier in Greenland had a calving event that lasted 75 straight minutes. It resulted in 7.4 Cubic KB of ice crashing into the ocean.
- Quotes
James Balog - Photographer: If you had an abscess in your tooth, would you keep going to dentist after dentist until you found a dentist who said, "Ah, don't worry about it. Leave that rotten tooth in"? Or would you pull it out because more of the other dentists told you you had a problem? That's sort of what we're doing with climate change.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Moyers & Company: Justice, Not Politics (2012)
- SoundtracksBefore My Time
Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph
Produced, Arranged, Engineered and Mixed by J. Ralph
Co-produced and Engineered by Arthur Pingrey
Protools by Arthur Pingrey
Performed by Scarlett Johansson and Joshua Bell
Piano by Jay Israelson
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Legal by Alan Kress
Recorded at The Theater, New York City, January 2012 and March 2012
Special Thanks to Danny Bensi, Camilla Olson, Heidi Frederick and Alan Kress
Joshua Bell appears courtesy of Sony Classical
The footage is magnificent and the film is scored very well. James Balog's personal challenges in undertaking the project are also documented, and present an interesting angle to this style of documentary.
By presenting the footage in as non-partisan manner as possible, Chasing Ice avoids tarnishing its message with politics.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,328,467
- Gross worldwide
- $1,358,668
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color