A year on ice is the first feature film by new zealand filmmaker anthony b. Take this politics out of the movie and it is 30 minutes shorter. Dramasfictional movies about antarctica non documentaries. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. Byrd, of course, is not alone in the pantheon of heroes of solitude. It covers about 98% of the antarctic continent and is the largest single mass of ice on earth. 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. Drilling down into the antarctic ice fields in the 1950s, claude lorius brought about a sweeping change in our vision.
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. 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. It was made with some assistance from the new zealand film commission and it is exactly what the title implies. To outer space and the deep ocean, add beneath the ice to the list of rarely charted frontiers of science exploration. Still, areas of the continent, like the antarctic peninsula photographed above, have increased their mass loss in the last decades. At 14,200,000 square kilometres 5,500,000 square miles, it is the fifthlargest. Aviation in antarctica is the most challenging and dangerous flying short of combat. The massive west antarctic ice sheet holds something like 6 percent of the worlds fresh water frozen in its guts. Remains of 90 millionyearold rainforest discovered under. The antarctic ice sheet is one of the two polar ice caps of the earth.
The expedition also recorded more than two dozen reels of film. Ice and sky was released in 2017 on friday, january 20, 2017 in limited movie theaters. It covers an area of almost 14 million square kilometres 5. 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. Ice and sky theatrical trailer a portrait of french glaciologist, claude lorius, whose groundbreaking research in antarctica gave u. 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. Antarctica and greenland have lost thousands of gigatons of ice in the last 16 years alone. A year on ice dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. 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. Thats the takeaway from an international study announced. The film was selected to close the 2015 cannes film festival. A study published by jay zwally and his team on oct.
The movie, using a great deal of wellassembled archival footage, shows mr. An account of american aviation in antarctica on kickstarter. Remains of 90 millionyearold rainforest discovered under antarctic ice. 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. Selfisolated at the end of the world the new york times. 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. In just 16 years, antarctica and greenland have lost. 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. Record antarctic sea ice a logistic problem for scientists. 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. According to new data from nasa, that ice melt has contributed to more than half an inch of sea level. Antarctica sea ice hitting record highs live science. Every winter the continent of antarctica doubles in size due to sea ice. 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.
New images taken by the esas copernicus sentinel satellites shows two major new cracks in the west antarctic ice sheet. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including split, the founder and xxx 3. There have been very few expeditions where robots dived beneath polar ice shelves to characterize and measure them. Through remarkable archival footage and stunning drone cinematography, antarctica. This documentary is set in antarctica, specifically in the ross island region, which is home to two research bases. A new nasa study says that antarctica is overall accumulating ice.
Watch kcratvs coverage of alex forrest as he deploys underwater glider for climate change research in lake tahoe. There are currently five videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. From oscarwinning director luc jacquet march of the penguins comes a stirring portrait of french glaciologist claude lorius whose. With claude lorius, michel papineschi, jacquesyves cousteau. The us coast guard cutter polar star begins breaking up the ice around a stranded australian fishing vessel northeast of mcmurdo sound, in. Sea ice is categorized by annual thickness of firstyear ice or multiyear ice. 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. From the oscarwinning director of march of the penguins, antarctica. Sea ice surrounding antarctica hit a record high in august and is on track for another recordbreaking month in september.
Lorius as a young man in the 1950s signing up for what he says he. Ice and sky recounts the remarkable lifes journey of claude lorius, the first scientist to discover conclusive evidence of manmade climate change. All antarctic ice would melt if we burned all fossil fuels. 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. 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. Antarctica was home to a temperate, swampy forest about 90 million years ago. Satellite images reveal huge cracks in antarctic ice sheet. The cracks measure over 20 kilometers long and could lead to new ice bergs. Ice and sky, a documentary about the scientist whose research first called attention to anthropogenic climate change, ends with. 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. From oscarwinning director luc jacquet march of the penguins comes a stirring portrait of french glaciologist, claude lorius, whose. With anthony powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen. 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. A cubic kilometer of ice weighs approximately one metric gigaton.
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 sky are spoken by the french explorer and scientist claude lorius. 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. At 82, he returns there one last time, looking back on six decades of research and adventure to tell a much larger story. Ice and the sky acts as a kind of bookend to the al gore ecolecture an inconvenient truth. As a result, sea ice behaves very differently in the two regions. 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. While the antarctic sea ice yearly wintertime maximum extent hit record. Map showing the rates of mass changes from icesat 20032008 over antarctica. West antarctica is meltingand humancaused climate change. Ice and sky is an epic tale where science and adventure meet. Shortlists the 45 best booktofilm adaptations ever. Antarcticas ice is melting, but the scariest prediction.
Researchers drilling through a half mile of ice in west antarctica came upon a surprising discovery. Directed by frank marshall, featuring paul walker, bruce greenwood and moon bloodgood. If it all melted away, global sea levels would rise by about 10 feet or more. 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. United states mcmurdo station and new zealands scott base it chronicles a year of time spent living and working at these remote stations. This film presents a beautiful portrayal of formans vision and her relationship to her mother, photographer rena bass forman.
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. Closing film of the 68th cannes film festival in 2015 see more. Antarctica and the arctic are two very different environments. 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. 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.
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