Chasing Ice

Chasing Ice
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeff Orlowski
Written byMark Monroe
Produced byPaula DuPre' Pesemen, Jerry Aronson
CinematographyJeff Orlowski
Edited byDavis Coombe
Music byJ. Ralph
Distributed bySubmarine Deluxe
Release dates
  • January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23) (Sundance Film Festival)
  • November 16, 2012 (2012-11-16) (United States)
Running time
75 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,331,836

Chasing Ice is a 2012 documentary film about the efforts of nature photographer James Balog and his Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) to publicize the effects of climate change. The film was directed by Jeff Orlowski.[1] It was released in the United States on November 16, 2012.

The documentary includes scenes from a glacier calving event that took place at Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, lasting 75 minutes, the longest such event ever captured on film.[2][3] Two EIS videographers waited several weeks in a small tent overlooking the glacier and, finally, witnessed 7.4 cubic kilometres (1.8 cu mi) of ice crashing off[4] the glacier. "The calving of a massive glacier believed to have produced the ice that sank the Titanic is like watching a city break apart."[4]

  1. ^ Collins, Mark (January 10, 2013). "'Chasing Ice,' documentary with Boulder ties, fails in bid for Oscar nomination". Denver Post. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ Carrington, Damian (12 December 2012), "Chasing Ice movie reveals largest iceberg break-up ever filmed", The Guardian, UK, retrieved 24 January 2014
  3. ^ "Media reviews", Chasing Ice, 2012, archived from the original on 2014-02-09, retrieved 24 January 2014
  4. ^ a b Dudek, Duane (2012), "Chasing ice pursues chilling evidence of climate change", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, retrieved 24 January 2014

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