11/30/2012

Photographer James Balog on Climate Change and ‘Chasing Ice’

Adam LeWinter ice climbing in Survey Canyon, Greenland. Image courtesy of James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey
Adam LeWinter ice climbing in Survey Canyon, Greenland. Image courtesy of James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey

In the new documentary Chasing Ice, photographer James Balog attempts to capture how the world’s glaciers are being affected by climate change. As the film debuts across the country, Balog discusses the project, and what needs to be done to save Earth’s shrinking glaciers.

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James Balog

James Balog is an environmental photographer, the founder of Extreme Ice Survey, and the author of Ice: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers (Rizzoli, Sept. 2012). He is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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About Denise Chow

Denise Chow is a sci-tech editor at Live Science and a former associate producer for Science Friday.

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