Anders Graver had been invited by the University of Copenhagen to create a short film for COP 27 that would follow a project of Geological Service of Denmark and Greenland (Geus) Scientists William hang and Christopher Shields. But a casual encounter with Greenlán Hunter Olennguaq Kristensen and his family changed the course of the documentary. “Something happened on the ice”, Graver, director and producer of “Ice color“Glacierhub said in an interview.”[It was] A very unlikely meeting of two different worlds in the middle of the ice layer. “
Initially, the film planned Performance test of an electrothermal ice drag system in the ice layer of Greenland. Designed to insert a temperature sensor cable into the ice, your research could provide important information about deep ice temperatures, a potential key to predict the future increase in sea level. They were mapping the same area that scientists had previously tried more than 60 years ago.
However, in the middle of their trip, the scientists met Kristensen and his family, traveling from the base of the Pituffik space to the Savissivik settlement through the inner ice; South Marine ice had broken before expected. Upon knowing the team, the scientists and Kristensen shared a soda and stories about the ice, and agreed to take Anders to Savissivik to give him the opportunity to talk more about their experience with climate change.
“Listen to science, but do not stop there. There is no person on earth who is not deeply affected by drastic changes in the environment.”
The vision of the film changed at that time. The final product seeks a balance between two narratives: one of the messengers of science and another of people with deep cultural experience with ice. Interviewed in the documentary, spectators are witnesses of the different impacts of climate change worldwide.
The film still begins with an exploration of Hoterod’s research by scientists. “As shown in the movie, we spend a lot of energy thinking and monitoring Greenland’s ice health,” they said in an interview with Glacierhub. “The ice engine followed in the movie is much more experimental.”
The thermal -based drills, such as Hotrod, have been tested before. Their high energy requirements and low penetration rates have made scientists prefer mechanical exercises, which are equipped with rotating blades to cross the ice. However, mechanical exercises are expensive, which requires large teams of heavy people and teams that could even make smaller projects months to complete. The Research of Collan and Shields aims to use a new technology to give the thermal staining drill another opportunity.
But the experiment did not achieve all the objectives that scientists expected. The design of the hot tip demonstrated an efficiency of 15% to convert the electrical power into the forward movement of only 6 miles per hour, they said. But if they improved 80%efficiency, they would be looking for a 33 mile penetration rate per hour.
“Science in general [means] You do your best effort; Failures along the way. You fail more than 90 percent of the time and continue anyway, ”Shields told Glacierhub. Although they had setbacks, hang and Shields also found results that were interesting enough to crush a new proposal for a five -year project. The project would focus on improving drilling efficiency and eventually trying drilling of 500 more meters.
While the specific findings of the research project may have found challenges, the film shares a valuable vision of climate change: how to get to the vast audience that affects climate change.
“The messenger matters,” he says Francesco Fionellawho has taught science and climate communications courses in Columbia Climate School. “Communication is about building narratives …
Hang and Shields brought an idea throughout their research, borrowed from the Greenland National Research Strategy: “Nothing about us without us.” Instead of pushing the narration of a scientist who uses scientific jargon and then returning home at the end, the film presented the perspectives of the people who lived in the area. As Shields explained, if you want to listen to what it is in Greenland, there is only a place to go.
“My opinion is that we met in the right place at the right time,” Kristensen said in an interview with Glacierhub. “When we talk about what they are doing with Hoterod, I became interested … I think everything we are doing is connected.” Kristensen’s local hunting area has become smaller in recent decades, he explained. Twenty years ago, the sea ice in which he and his family would trust before, in mid -October. Now, there are three months later, and there are less stamps. Hunting has become increasingly difficult as a result.
“We have always been hunters, and we would like to convey that to our children. To be able to stay what the earth can give us. We pass these traditions to our descendants and hope that they can also live in this way,” Kristensen said in the film.
The Greenland ice layer and other environments worldwide are changing due to climate change. With such an unfathomable and high -range concept, Shields said, we need more than just scientists to guide conversations about it. The documentary “The Color of Ice” tries to support these necessary discussions highlighting the many voices that experience the impacts of climate change.
“Listen to science, but do not stop there. There is no person on earth who is not deeply affected by drastic changes in the environment,” Shields said.
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