In the most severe environment on earth, its a mystery how any life can survive where the coldest temperature ever recorded was 128 degrees below. Every winter the continent of antarctica doubles in size due to sea ice. See the huge crack in west antarctica before iceberg broke off july, 2017 a giant iceberg the size of delaware has broken off the larsen c ice shelf in west antarctica. Ice and sky is an epic tale of scientific adventure and a stirring personal memoir that recounts the remarkable lifes journey of claude lorius, the first scientist to discover conclusive evidence of manmade climate change deep beneath the earths surface. There are currently five videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Byrd, of course, is not alone in the pantheon of heroes of solitude. Thats the takeaway from an international study announced. Ice and sky recounts the remarkable lifes journey of claude lorius, the first scientist to discover conclusive evidence of manmade climate change. The movie, using a great deal of wellassembled archival footage, shows mr. Ice and sky features tons of astonishing film footage from expeditions to the antarctic from the 1950s onward the earliest is the equivalent in primitiveness to moonshot footage as well as loriuss charming narration, which is poetic and philosophical in a warm and human way. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a whole year from the point of view of the everyday workers. As a result of lorius and his team discovering that they could accurately date every nuclear weapon test from radioactive material found in antarctic ice, there was an international treaty banning such tests, with over 100 nations signing on. Take this politics out of the movie and it is 30 minutes shorter. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including split, the founder and xxx 3.
A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there yearround. If we were to burn all of the planets fossil fuel reserves, we would be saying goodbye to the entire antarctic and greenland ice sheets. A cubic kilometer of ice weighs approximately one metric gigaton. The antarctic ice sheet is one of the two polar ice caps of the earth. An account of american aviation in antarctica on kickstarter. This documentary is set in antarctica, specifically in the ross island region, which is home to two research bases. Shown below are uptodate satellite observations of the sea ice covers of both the arctic and the antarctic, along with comparisons with the historical satellite record of more than 37 years. Record antarctic sea ice a logistic problem for scientists.
Sea ice is categorized by annual thickness of firstyear ice or multiyear ice. A year on ice dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Drilling down into the antarctic ice fields in the 1950s, claude lorius brought about a sweeping change in our vision. Aviation in antarctica is the most challenging and dangerous flying short of combat. Ice and sky was released in 2017 on friday, january 20, 2017 in limited movie theaters. Ice and sky theatrical trailer a portrait of french glaciologist, claude lorius, whose groundbreaking research in antarctica gave u. Satellite images reveal huge cracks in antarctic ice sheet. Ice and sky are spoken by the french explorer and scientist claude lorius. The expedition also recorded more than two dozen reels of film.
From oscarwinning director luc jacquet march of the penguins comes a stirring portrait of french glaciologist, claude lorius, whose. From the oscarwinning director of march of the penguins, antarctica. The cracks measure over 20 kilometers long and could lead to new ice bergs. In just 16 years, antarctica and greenland have lost. T he title of this nature documentary says it all all about scientific data mined from the antarctic telling you what is happening up there in. Selfisolated at the end of the world the new york times. Antarctica and greenland have lost thousands of gigatons of ice in the last 16 years alone. Dramasfictional movies about antarctica non documentaries. A year on ice is the first feature film by new zealand filmmaker anthony b.
A new nasa study says that antarctica is overall accumulating ice. While the antarctic sea ice yearly wintertime maximum extent hit record. Antarcticas ice is melting, but the scariest prediction. It contains the geographic south pole and is situated in the antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the antarctic circle, and is surrounded by the southern ocean.
Antarctica was home to a temperate, swampy forest about 90 million years ago. Ice and the sky is a 2015 french documentary film directed by luc jacquet about the work of claude lorius, who began studying antarctic ice in 1957, and. A year on ice antzworks 2015 pg bluray version this is a documentary from a filmmaker previously unknown to me. Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it. Map showing the rates of mass changes from icesat 20032008 over antarctica. The elder forman photographed the arctic from 2001 until her. Claude lorius discovered his destiny at the age of 23 when he joined an expedition to the worlds southernmost continent in 1955, land essentially untouched by scientific experiment. It was made with some assistance from the new zealand film commission and it is exactly what the title implies. Shortlists the 45 best booktofilm adaptations ever. New images taken by the esas copernicus sentinel satellites shows two major new cracks in the west antarctic ice sheet. At 82, he returns there one last time, looking back on six decades of research and adventure to tell a much larger story.
It covers about 98% of the antarctic continent and is the largest single mass of ice on earth. Because it forms at lower, warmer latitudes, less antarctic sea ice survives the summer. Researchers drilling through a half mile of ice in west antarctica came upon a surprising discovery. West antarctica is meltingand humancaused climate change. Remains of 90 millionyearold rainforest discovered under. The massive west antarctic ice sheet holds something like 6 percent of the worlds fresh water frozen in its guts. The film was selected to close the 2015 cannes film festival. It covers an area of almost 14 million square kilometres 5. Beginning with his first trip to the antarctic in 1955, and persisting over the course of six decades and twenty two polar expeditions, lorius the winner of the. Antarctica and the arctic are two very different environments. With anthony powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen. From oscarwinning director luc jacquet march of the penguins comes a stirring portrait of french glaciologist claude lorius whose.
As a result, sea ice behaves very differently in the two regions. Lorius as a young man in the 1950s signing up for what he says he. On average, 41 percent of the arctic oceans winter ice cover remains at the summer minimum, whereas in the southern ocean only about 15 percent does. Drilling down into the antarctic ice fields in the 1950s, claude lorius brought about a sweeping change in our vision of the world when he discovered the effects of climate change. Directed by frank marshall, featuring paul walker, bruce greenwood and moon bloodgood. Still, areas of the continent, like the antarctic peninsula photographed above, have increased their mass loss in the last decades. According to new data from nasa, that ice melt has contributed to more than half an inch of sea level. On average, sea ice covers about 25 million square kilometers 9,652,553 square miles of the earth, or about twoandahalf times the area of canada. Ice and sky, a documentary about the scientist whose research first called attention to anthropogenic climate change, ends with. If it all melted away, global sea levels would rise by about 10 feet or more. With claude lorius, michel papineschi, jacquesyves cousteau.
Ice and sky is an epic tale where science and adventure meet. Watch kcratvs coverage of alex forrest as he deploys underwater glider for climate change research in lake tahoe. In contrast, in the antarctic the sea ice coverage has been increasing although at a lesser rate than the decreases in the arctic. Ice and the sky acts as a kind of bookend to the al gore ecolecture an inconvenient truth. Remains of 90 millionyearold rainforest discovered under antarctic ice. The us coast guard cutter polar star begins breaking up the ice around a stranded australian fishing vessel northeast of mcmurdo sound, in. Because so little antarctic ice persists throughout the summer, antarctic ice is relatively thin, often. Closing film of the 68th cannes film festival in 2015 see more. This is an americanized version of the film antarctica, about the 1958 first japanese antarctic expedition, which ended up stranding a pack of 17 sled dogs on the continent over a winter season and the efforts of the sled dog handler to return to pick them up.
This film presents a beautiful portrayal of formans vision and her relationship to her mother, photographer rena bass forman. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on earth. Through remarkable archival footage and stunning drone cinematography, antarctica. Documentary about the work of claude lorius, who began studying antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming. There have been very few expeditions where robots dived beneath polar ice shelves to characterize and measure them. Ice and sky is a 2015 french documentary film directed by luc jacquet about the work of claude lorius, who began studying antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming. At 14,200,000 square kilometres 5,500,000 square miles, it is the fifthlargest.
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