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Chasing Ice

Art meets science.

7.5(174)20121h 14m2

When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.3M
Language
English
  • climate change
  • global warming
  • glacier
  • environment
  • field research
  • melting glacier
  • cryosphere
  • polar ice cap
  • environmental change 

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance23 Jan 2012
    • TheatricalPG-139 Nov 2012
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A26 Nov 2012
  • TaiwanTW

    • Theatrical1 Oct 2012

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Chasing Ice was released on 1 October 2012.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    4/7/2016

    10/10

    I first saw this at my city's International Film Festival, then later thankfully I was able to watch it with my son, who was 9 at the time, when at a friend's place for one of the big 3 holidays, it was on Netflix. Brilliantly conceived and carried out, over a long stretch of time, by the filmmakers, it led to a fine father-son discussion about the environment, its importance, what is wrong with it and what can be do…

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