Chasing Ice
2012 · Movie · PG-13 · 74 min · ★ 7.5 · 86% critics
A photographer sets out to capture undeniable evidence of a changing climate by focusing on glaciers. Over several years, a team installs remote cameras in harsh, dangerous locations to build a visual record of ice loss, while the personal and technical challenges of the mission test everyone involved.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-10-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (171 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to urgent, visually driven environmental documentaries like Chasing Coral, this delivers awe and unease in equal measure; Not for you if you want a balanced debate, detailed causes, or a solutions-focused roadmap.
Pros: breathtaking glacier imagery; compelling real-world mission; sparks big conversations | Cons: light on explanations; uneven focus on personal story; few practical next steps
Themes
- climate change
- global warming
- glacier
- environment
- field research
- melting glacier
- cryosphere
- polar ice cap
- environmental change
Cast & crew
- JB
James Balog
as Self - Photographer
- SJ
Svavar Jonatansson
as Self - Photo Assistant
- AL
Adam LeWinter
as Self - EIS Engineer
Louie Psihoyos
as Self - Photographer & Oscar Winning Filmmaker
- KB
Kitty Boone
as Self - The Aspen Institute
Sylvia Earle
as Self - National Geographic Explorer
- DD
Dennis Dimick
as Self - National Geographic Editor
- JB
Jason Box
as Self - Climatologist, Ohio State University
- TP
Tad Pfeffer
as Self - Glaciologist, University of Colorado
- SB
Suzanne Balog
as Self - James's Wife
Directed by Jeff Orlowski