Watch "Chasing Ice"

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Watch "Chasing Ice"

Time: October 2, 2016 from 3pm to 5:30pm
Location: Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church
Street: 201 S. Roan St.
City/Town: Johnson City
Website or Map: http://www.munsey.org/
Event Type: film
Organized By: GINI & Munsey's Church & Society Committee
Latest Activity: Oct 1, 2016

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Carol Landis worked at the Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center with Dr. Jason Box, the lead scientist on the "Extreme Ice Survey" project that is featured in this film. She will be on hand to answer questions after the film tomorrow afternoon. As you might expect, the producer and director paid great attention to the visual impact of the photography, much of which was shot in Greenland. It is stunning!

How it began...

In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk.

Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.

As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet.

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