Birthday Canyon, Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland, June 2009. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
EIS time lapse cameras at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, Aug 2009. "I never really expected to see this magnitude of change. Every time we open the backs of these cameras it's like 'wow, is that what's just happened,'" Balog said. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
Aerial view of meltwater on Greenland Ice Sheet, June 2010. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
Aerial view of pancake ice, Ilulissat Isfjord, Greenland, March 2008. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
"Ice diamond," Jökulsárlón, Iceland, Feb 2008. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland, July 2008, Silt and soot blown from afar turn into black "cryoconite," absorb solar heat and melt down into ice. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
Close up of an iceberg, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, Sept 2010. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
"In the past one million years, the peak of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere has been 280-290 parts per million (ppm). We're now at 395 ppm and adding more every year. It's gone beyond natural and is affecting the entire world," Balog says. Courtesy of James Balog
James Balog
James Balog
James Balog, director of the Extreme Ice Survey, at minus 30 degrees F, Disko Bay, Greenland, March 2008. "What we need is a greater political and public understanding of the immediacy and reality of these changes. I believe that this film can help shift public perceptions by telling people a story that is real and happening now," says Balog. Courtesy of James Balog
