Chasing Ice

Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski profiles National Geographic photographer James Balog as he endeavors to capture undeniable proof of climate change by launching the ambitious Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), a project that entails using time-lapse photography to document shifting ice glaciers. With the aid of his young assistants, Balog travels to three continents, placing 30 cameras in key positions to record vivid images of the majestic ice caps as they slowly melt away. In the process of capturing these incredible shots, Balog finds his skepticism fading, and experiences a brush with mortality that leaves him positively convinced that nature is currently experiencing a profound shift, the likes of which has never been witnessed by modern man., In this enthralling documentary, environmental photographer and former climate-change skeptic James Balog uses time-lapse techniques to document the rapidly changing Arctic landscape., Follow photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he uses time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers., Environmental photographer and former climate-change skeptic James Balog uses time-lapse techniques to document the rapidly changing Arctic landscape., Environmental photographer and former climate-change sceptic James Balog uses time-lapse techniques to document the rapidly changing Arctic landscape.