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EXTREME ICE

Extreme Ice

As scientists try to forecast the future consequences of the big melt, internationally acclaimed ...
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Melting Away

In the next hundred years, the oceans will expand on their own as they warm, accounting for about...
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Extreme Ice: Greenland

Extreme Ice: Greenland
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ABOUT THE SHOW

Extreme Ice Survey is the largest photographic study of the cryosphere ever attempted.

In the extreme, ice-bound regions of the earth, something unprecedented is happening. Everywhere, glaciers and ice sheets have begun breaking apart, and accelerating towards the oceans at alarming speeds.

As scientists try to forecast the future consequences of the big melt, internationally acclaimed photographer James Balog is risking everything to capture the phenomena on film. Balog’s Extreme Ice Survey is the largest photographic study of the cryosphere ever attempted - deploying 25 time-lapse cameras on glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere, in some of the coldest, most inhospitable places on earth.

Teaming up with scientists in the field who are dissecting the complex mechanics of glaciers and ice sheets, Balog probes deep into the underworld of the ice – rappelling down into nar...