Three years after hitting record high, antarctic sea ice. He doesnt focus on what the stations actually research, he rarely interviews scientists, and the climate crisis is only briefly alluded to. Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it home year round. The most visible change in the arctic region in recent years has been the rapid decline of the perennial ice cover.
A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there. A year on ice soundtrack from 20, composed by plan 9. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on earth. It was made with some assistance from the new zealand film commission and it is exactly what the title implies. It covers about 98% of the antarctic continent and is the largest single mass of ice on earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square kilometres 5. A year on ice is the first feature film by new zealand filmmaker anthony b. Quantarctica norsk polarinstitutt norsk polarinstitutt. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never. Year on ice most film crews that visit antarctica are only there for a few short months over the summer season. A year on ice official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd antarctica.
It contains 70% of the planets freshwater and 90% of the worlds ice. A year on ice, suffering frozen camera equipment and other setbacks. A year on ice stars genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen, tom hamann the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a. Antarctic seaice expansion between 2000 and 2014 driven. A cubic kilometer of ice weighs approximately one metric gigaton.
Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it home yearround. The monthly average extent can vary by as much as 1. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live. Antarctic sea ice extent are characterized by fairly large variations from year to year. This documentary is set in antarctica, specifically in the ross island region, which is home to two research bases. The antarctic ice sheet is one of the two polar ice caps of the earth. This visualization shows the perennial arctic sea ice from 1979 to 2014. Pg 1h 31min documentary, adventure, biography 28 november 2014 usa. A year on ice official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a whole year from the point of view of the everyday workers. Antarctic sea ice crashed this year and scientists dont. During the sixweeklong deployment from punta arenas, chile, researchers aboard nasas dc8 airborne laboratory measured land and sea ice from above to continue building a record of change in the antarctic. Powell apparently spent 10 years making antarctica. Shot in antarctica over the course of 10 years, it includes, as one might hope, some breathtaking timelapse.
But this past summer, earth scientists were startled to see antarctic sea ice take a nosedive, too. Footage for this film has been meticulously gathered for the last 10 years, including 9 winterovers, isolated from the rest of the world. Antarctic sea ice extent in september and february has increased somewhat over time, although the most recent year was below average. There is a problem in the bit that reproduces the last 30 years of sea ice variability.
Antarctic sea ice, on the other hand, has not been considered a climate change indicator. Antarctica has six months of daylight followed by six months of darkness. Since the late 1990s, the increase has accelerated, but the average of. Antarctica and the arctic are two very different environments. Explorers spend a year in the southernmost continent. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Guided by nature photographer anthony powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe. Scientists suspect changing global winds around antarctica and the ozone hole are the primary causes. Floating antarctic ice goes from record high to record. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there yearround. Even though ice is growing this time of year in antarctica, levels in may and june this year were the lowest on record, eclipsing 2017, according to the ice data center.
Researchers found a quite remarkable decline in sea ice coverage in the antarctic since 2014. Yesterday, scientists from the national snow and ice data center announced the ultimate sign of spring. As a result, sea ice behaves very differently in the two regions. A year on ice might seem routine to fans of nature documentaries, but the photographer and director anthony powell produces some dazzling imagery in.
Over 10 years in the making by frozen planet photographer anthony powell. United states mcmurdo station and new zealands scott base it chronicles a year of time spent living and working at these remote stations. Best of all, quantarctica is free to download and redistribute. The donut of floating sea ice surrounding antarctica froze to a new record of nearly 7. But on october 7, 2014, the national snow and ice data center nsidc reported that antarctic sea ice extent set a new record high for daily extent. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of. A year on ice is not your normal nature documentary. This multi award winning feature film is a visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including the never before seen deep antarctic winter, completely isolated from the rest of the world, while enduring months. The disappearance of arctic sea ice is a welldocumented trend with a wellestablished cause. While the antarctic sea ice yearly wintertime maximum extent hit record highs from 2012 to 2014 before returning to. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year round. Courtesy of national snow and ice data center and nasa.
By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a closeknit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Released by native tongue in 2014 containing music from antarctica. The perennial ice is the portion of the sea ice floating on the surface of the ocean that survives the summer. Arctic sea ice reached its winter peak on march 21, 2014, and the annual melt season is underway this winters maximum sea ice extent in the arctic was 14. A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in. Nsidc with the arctic warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, arctic summer sea ice has declined by about 30 percent since 1979.
A study conducted this year estimated that during the pleistocene, the east antarctic ice sheet eais thinned by at least 500 m 1,600 ft, and that thinning since the last glacial maximum for the eais area is less than 50 m 160 ft and probably started after. This ice that spans multiple years represents the thickest component of the sea ice cover. Antarctica nearing sea ice record, but arctic ice still. Though life in antarctica is challenging, this absorbing movie makes it look incredibly rewarding. Nasas operation icebridge recently completed its 2014 antarctic campaign, marking the missions sixth set of flights over antarctica. Since 1980, the antarctic has gained about 7 thousand square miles of ice. By cecelia smithschoenwalder, staff writer july 1, 2019 by cecelia smithschoenwalder, staff. A year on ice antzworks 2015 pg bluray version this is a documentary from a filmmaker previously unknown to me. With anthony powell, genevieve bachman, william brotman, michael christiansen. Antarctic seaice extent has been slowly increasing in the satellite record that began in 1979 1,2.
In september 2014, arctic sea ice reached its sixthlowest extent in the satellite era. A year on ice full movie where to download antarctica. Three years of measurements from cryosat show that the antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year, enough to raise global sea levels by 0. A year on ice is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. The highest point on antarctica is vinson massif at 4,982m 16,345 ft and the lowest point is the bentley subglacial trench at 2,555m. Huge snowfall increases over antarctica could counter sea. This year, however, the sea ice at our planets south pole is crashing, and scientists dont know why. Quantarctica is a collection of antarctic geographical datasets which works with the free, crossplatform, opensource software qgis. Antarctic sea ice coverage plunges world report us news.
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