I caught the episode. I liked it when James Balog was racing to find the crack in the ice that was draining a lake 20ft deep and that was about a kilometer by 2 kilos. He found it and a waterfall, he said it was the most stupid thing he ever did.
BTW: Glaciologist feel that major glaciers in Greenland and Alaska are both at the point of no return. The Glacier is melting faster than snowfall replenishes it. They feel the minimum sea rise will be 3 ft, by 2100, assuming current rate of melt, which they feel is optimistic (IE the rate of melting will likely increase) The rate of recession has been growing dramatically in last 5 years. Erik FYI, you can always watch NOVA episodes online in addition to enjoying
lots of relevant information regarding the topic on hand!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/
BTW, there is lots of great ice in Utah.....nothing that might be archiving the history of our planet but, still there are some amazing waterfall ice formations to enjoy all winter long!!!!
-Rich
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
As I enter this I'm watching a rebroadcast of the newest episode of Nova on channel 7. It's called "Extreme Ice" and is about "Photojournalist James Balog and a scientific team disperse cameras in risky, remote locations in the Arctic, Alaska and the Alps to record melting glaciers".
Incredible imagery, especially the time lapses sequences.
For those who have not seen it already it will be broadcast on channel 7 again this coming Sunday afternoon at 2 pm.
patrick
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