Chasing Ice, discovering global warming
In 2005, the famous environmental photographer, James Balog, leads a delicate mission in the Arctic for the National Geographic. Despite a scientific education, he remains skeptical about the effects of global warming and decides to capture images to tell the evolution of the Earth's climate. It is then that he discovers the devastation on the glaciers.
Chasing Ice traces the journey of a man willing to put his well-being and career at risk to recover evidence of the changing global climate. Following this first trip to Iceland, he organizes a dangerous expedition to the The Extreme Ice Survey . Accompanied by young adventurers, he deploys cameras in the Arctic to film the melting of the glaciers. The journey is very difficult but worth it. After several years of work, the 80-minute report condenses the most incredible moments of this adventure.
The documentary won the Best Cinematography Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Best Original Song in 2013 for J.Ralph's Before my time. It has won numerous other awards such as the International Press Association's Best Documentary Award and has won over 30 awards worldwide.
In 2014, Chasing Ice received the "News and Documentary" award at the International Emmy Awards for its outstanding programming. The film debuted on National Geographic on April 19, 2013 and has since been screened in 172 countries and on every continent.
Watch an excerpt from the documentary showing the melting of the Jakobshavn glacier, one of the most majestic glaciers in Greenland. This is the first time in the world that a glacier melt could be observed live: The largest glacier calving in the world
