REE SCREENING OF EMMY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY CHASING ICE FOLLOWED BY A LIVE Q&A WITH JAMES BALOG
Avon, Colo. January 20, 2015 – Join the Environment Committee of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Walking Mountains Science Center and Earth Vision Institute on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 7:30pm-9:30pm at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, CO for a free screening of the Emmy® award-winning film, Chasing Ice. The film will be followed with a live Q&A with James Balog, Founder & Director, Extreme Ice Survey & Earth Vision Institute. This special event is made possible with support from The Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation.
In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: 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.
Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
“We are thrilled that Mr. Balog will be joining us for this special screening of Chasing Ice.” Said Kim Langmaid, Vice President and Director of Sustainability and Stewardship Programs, Walking Mountains Science Center. “Mr. Balog is a superb visionary, scientist and filmmaker. To have someone with his expertise available to our community is a truly special experience.”
About James Balog
For more than 30 years, James Balog (“BAY-log”) has broken new conceptual and artistic ground on one of the most important issues of our era: human modification of our planet’s natural systems. He and his Extreme Ice Survey team are featured in the 2012 internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning documentary, Chasing Ice, and in the 2009 NOVA special, Extreme Ice. James has been honored with many awards, including, in recent years, an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta, the American Geophysical Union Presidential Citation for Science and Society, the Duke University LEAF Award, the Sam & Julie Walters Prize for Environmental Activism, the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) League Award, and the Heinz Award. He is the author of ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers and seven other books.
For more information about the event: go to www.vilarpac.org or call 970-845-TIXS(8497).