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Chasing Ice

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 15m
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7.7/10
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Chasing Ice (2012)
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.
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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.
IMDb RATING
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8.7K
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POPULARITY
59,740
10,689
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    • Director
      • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Writer
      • Mark Monroe
    • Stars
      • James Balog
      • Svavar Jónatansson
      • Louie Psihoyos
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Writer
      • Mark Monroe
    • Stars
      • James Balog
      • Svavar Jónatansson
      • Louie Psihoyos
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Photos10

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    Jeff Orlowski-Yang and James Balog in Chasing Ice (2012)
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    James Balog
    James Balog
    • Self - Photographer
    Svavar Jónatansson
    • Self - Photo Assistant
    Louie Psihoyos
    Louie Psihoyos
    • Self - Photographer & Oscar Winning Filmmaker
    Kitty Boone
    • Self - The Aspen Institute
    Sylvia Earle
    Sylvia Earle
    • Self - National Geographic Explorer
    • (as Sylvia Earle Ph.D.)
    Dennis Dimick
    • Self - National Geographic Editor
    Adam LeWinter
    • Self - EIS Engineer
    • (as Adam Lewinter)
    Jason Box
    • Self - Climatologist, Ohio State University
    • (as Jason Box Ph.D.)
    Tad Pfeffer
    • Self - Glaciologist, University of Colorado
    • (as Tad Pfeffer Ph.D.)
    Suzanne Balog
    • Self - James's Wife
    Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Self - EIS Videographer
    • (as Jeff Orlowski)
    Synte Peacock
    Synte Peacock
    • Self - Oceanographer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
    • (as Synte Peacock Ph.D.)
    Terry Root
    • Self - Senior Fellow, Stanford University Woods Institute
    • (as Terry Root Ph.D.)
    Thomas Swetnam
    • Self - Directof of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
    • (as Thomas Swetnam Ph.D.)
    Peter Hoeppe
    • Self - Head of Geo Risks Research, Munich Reinsurance
    • (as Peter Hoeppe Ph.D.)
    Gerald Meehl
    • Self - Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
    • (as Gerald Meehl Ph.D.)
    Emily Balog
    • Self - James's Daughter
    Martin Nørregaard
    • Self - Pilot
    • Director
      • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Writer
      • Mark Monroe
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    • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Moyers & Company: Justice, Not Politics (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Before 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

    User reviews41

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    Top review
    10/10
    Where Science and Art Meet
    Excellent film. Solid science and art. Thorough and beautifully made. Saw it at the Big Sky Film Festival, with the director Jeff Orlowski doing a Q and A following. Very inspiring work by photographer Jim Balog--the human subject of the film. It's a wonderful thing when a person of strong science background becomes an artist and visa versa. Science is rarely beautiful to those that are not intimately involved with it, so when a person of Balog's background attempts to tell its story to a wide audience (with the help of a film maker and technical experts), it comes together magnificently with beauty and the gravity of what it really is about. A must see for EVERYONE.
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    • wakeele
    • Feb 20, 2012

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 2012 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 逐冰之旅
    • Filming locations
      • Bolivia
    • Production companies
      • Exposure
      • Diamond Docs
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,328,467
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,358,668
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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