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Chasing Ice

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 15m
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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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    • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Mark Monroe
  • Stars
    • James Balog
    • Svavar Jónatansson
    • Louie Psihoyos
    • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • Mark Monroe
  • Stars
    • James Balog
    • Svavar Jónatansson
    • Louie Psihoyos
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    • 41User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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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
      • Jeff Orlowski-Yang
      • Mark Monroe
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    • Trivia
      Holds 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.

    • 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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    8/10
    compelling doc will shock you in the end
    National Geographic photographer James Balog wanted to test his skepticism about climate change. With his Extreme Ice Survey, he was able to photograph undeniable changes in some glaciers. In this documentary, Balog deploys a series of time-lapse cameras to capture a long term visual record of the world's changing glaciers. The lengths to which this is accomplished is mind boggling.

    It's a compelling watch and an important work. But it's the shocking final result that will amaze you. The visual of these glaciers actually melting right before your eyes will shake you to your core as it did to me.
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    • Sep 1, 2013

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      • December 14, 2012 (United Kingdom)
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      • Bolivia
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      • Exposure
      • Diamond Docs
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    • 1 hour 15 minutes
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