Chasing Ice begins with footage of recent natural disasters—floods, wildfires,

tornadoes, and droughts—occurring all over the world. A week after hurricane
Sandy, though, many Americans will need little reminder of the devastation that
nature can cause, or of the growing number of natural calamities that keep hitting
cities and regions previously spared from such events. “Anyone who says there is
not a dramatic change in weather patterns I think is denying reality,” said New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo a day after Sandy hit the northeast. If you need it,
the doc offers a devastating, and often beautifully shot, reality check.This climate-
change documentary's approach is conventional, but the extraordinary images of
crumbling icesheets speak volumes
Its subject, James Balog, is a photographer who goes to extremes to prove the
existence of global warming. In 2007, James Balog and a team of engineers and
scientists began setting up cameras at glaciers in Greenland, Alaska, and Montana.
Over the course of several years, the cameras took pictures that documented the
slow but significant melting taking place.Balog used the results to produce a series
of time-lapse videos in which the glaciers look like ice cubes rinsing under hot
water. When combined with other before-and-after photographs, the dramatic
nature of climate change becomes exceedingly clear. In just over 20 years, one of
the glaciers shown in the film has shrunk by 1,200 feet—about the size of the
Empire State Building.

Balog’s photography and director Jeff Orlowski’s cinematography also capture the
often ferocious beauty of the arctic landscape. The documentary’s most memorable
moment comes courtesy of two members of Balog’s team who camped out for days
waiting for a glacier to calve (the term used for when a large chunk of ice breaks
off a glacier and falls into the sea). What we eventually witness is one of the
biggest calving events ever recorded. It’s the equivalent, as the film describes it, of
watching lower Manhattan break off and crash into the water, though the image
more resembles a lower-Manhattan-sized monster writhing and pounding before
settling into the sea. It’s too much for the camera to capture completely, but when
shown at length with no background score, those limitations actually emphasize
the magnitude of the event on screen.

the glaciers on two crutches in order to check on camera footaThe film lags when it
focuses on Balog, though the project leader certainly comes off as a determined
figure. Shortly after his fourth knee surgery, and strictly against doctor’s orders, he
insists on hiking to one of ge. Balog clearly believes his work can help raise
awareness, but frustration also emerges when he observes how, centuries after
Darwin, “we’re still arguing about evolution.” That doesn’t leave much hope for
fixing climate change in time to save the planet.

That frustration hangs in the air throughout the film, especially because Orlowski
bookends it with footage of adamant naysayers of climate change. Recent
statements from Cuomo and Michael Bloomberg demanding immediate attention
to the problem are great to hear, though it seems like only repeated disasters close
to home will make climate change a real political issue. At one point, Balog, a
former skeptic himself, says that “if I hadn’t seen it in the pictures, I wouldn’t
believe it at all.” For some people, you fear, no picture or video will ever be
enough.the whole movie was fantastic.It is a marvellous FILM .It gives us a
picture of , increase in Carbon Monoxide and the green house gases in years.The
movie showed more about the massive glaciers that melt rapidly and the increase
in sea water.
THIS IS A DOCUMEMTARY FAMILY MOVIE
MUSIC
THE MUSIC in this movie is outstanding during the climax
PHOTOGRAPHY
THE Photography is much incredible .