Extreme ice

DVD 2009

This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations in the northern hemisphere in order to assess the impact of global warming on the cryosphere.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Climatic changes

Glaciers

Global warming

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ISBN:

9781593758899
1593758898

Edition:

Widescreen edition

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Not rated

Other Title:

Nova (Television program)

Notes:

Originally produced for the PBS public television program Nova in 2009
Special features: printable materials for educators (requires Adobe Acrobat) and access to NOVA web site
Editor, Andrew Gersh ; music, Christopher Rife
Narrator, Jay O. Sanders
DVD5, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation (enhanced); Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC
Closed-captioned; described for the visually impaired

Contents:

Introduction
In extremis
Glacial pacemaker
Doomed domes
Greenland on defrost
A slippery slope
Inundation blues

Control Number:

386985

UPC:

783421430990

Other Authors:

Balog, James
Dockstader, Noel, producer
Far West Film Company
National Geographic Television & Film
PBS Home Video

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