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Chasing Ice

Name: Chasing Ice
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-10-01
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 7.474

★ 7,5 /10 (171 Votes)

2012 EN 74 min

Overview

When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.

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Release date

01/10/2012

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171

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Art meets science.

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Documentary

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Runtime

74 min

Revenue

$1,328,467

Website

chasingice.com

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James Balog

Self - Photographer

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Svavar Jonatansson

Self - Photo Assistant

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Adam LeWinter

Self - EIS Engineer

Louie Psihoyos

Self - Photographer & Oscar Winning Filmmaker

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Kitty Boone

Self - The Aspen Institute

Sylvia Earle

Self - National Geographic Explorer

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Dennis Dimick

Self - National Geographic Editor

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Jason Box

Self - Climatologist, Ohio State University

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Tad Pfeffer

Self - Glaciologist, University of Colorado

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Suzanne Balog

Self - James's Wife

Jeff Orlowski

Self - EIS Videographer

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I first saw this at my city's International Film Festival, then later thankfully I was able to watch it with my son, who was 9 at the time, when at a friend's place for one of the big 3 holidays, it was on Netflix. Brilliantly conceived and carried out, over a long stretch of time, by the filmmakers, it led to a fine father-son discussion about the environment, its importance, what is wrong with it and what can be done to improve things on Earth. Its importance is inestimable, and I highly recommend it to everyone. It is something everybody needs to see, think about and actively discuss, regar…

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