In 'Chasing Ice,' climate change gets its close up

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James Balog

Birthday Canyon, Greenland ice sheet

This 2009 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows Birthday Canyon in Greenland furing the filming of "Chasing Ice." The film, about climate change, follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey, James Balog)

James Balog

Chasing Ice

This 2007 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows "Chasing Ice" director Jeffery Orlowski shooting in Uummannaq, Greenland. The film, about climate change, follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey, James Balog)

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Film Q A Chasing Ice

This 2007 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows James Balog installing a "cliff" camera at Columbia Glacier in Alaska for the film, "Chasing Ice." The film, about climate change, follows Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey)

Svavar Jónatansson

Film Q A Chasing Ice

This 2005 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows National Geographic photographer James Balog in Iceland during the filming of "Chasing Ice." The film, about climate change, follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey)

Jeff Orlowski

Film Q A Chasing Ice

This 2009 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows photographer James Balog rappelling into Survey Canyon in Greenland during the filming of "Chasing Ice." The film, about climate change, follows Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey, Jeff Orlowski)

James Balog

Film Q A Chasing Ice

This 2008 photo released by Extreme Ice Survey shows field technician, Adam LeWinter on an iceberg in Columbia Bay, Alaska during the filming of "Chasing Ice." The film, about climate change, follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey, James Balog)

Adam LeWinter

Film Q A Chasing Ice

This 2009 image released by Extreme Ice Survey shows photographer James Balog, left, and director Jeff Orlowski as the scout Survey Canyon in Greenland. The film, about climate change, follows Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. (AP Photo/Extreme Ice Survey, Adam LeWinter)