Chasing Ice film screening with Jose Rial

Chasing Ice
In the spring of 2005, acclaimed National Geographic environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk.

As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.

Winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2012 Excellence in Cinematography Award (U.S. Documentary) and the Full Frame 2012 Environmental Award.

The film will be screened in entirety (75 minutes run time). A discussion with Jeff Orlowski, Director and Producer of the film and Professor José Rial of UNC’s Department of Geological Sciences, will follow. Please arrive by 5:20pm to hold your registration.

Directions
The FedEx Global Education Center is located at 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. Visithttp://www.global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=60 for directions.

Parking
Parking may be available in the GEC/McCauley parking deck and Beard surface lot (both on Pharmacy Lane). For other parking options, visit the Department of Public Safety’s Parking Services website athttp://www.dps.unc.edu/Parking/parkingnav.cfm or call Parking Information at (919) 962-3951.

Event Sponsors
UNC Sustainability Office, Center for Global Initiatives, and UNC Institute for the Environment.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration required.