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It‘s the last (anadtaii show , ‘ Iof'lheAntarctica(liallenge:A(llobal Wani- ing of the film before it‘s screened at the \ ’\ ing that tells the audience all they need to United Nations (flimate (ihange Conference & r g know about what's happening to the polar ice in Copenhagen, Denmark. in December, - ‘ caps Terry's film is the only one to be shown to ‘ 35 ' ‘ *\ Documentarrtin Mark lerry is filmed the 190 world leaders who are gathering in ri, _ f _ s (v A,” __, swrrnniing in the Antarctic Ocean in a body Denmark to come up Willi a binding climate ' j}; "’ 5, ‘ , ' _ of water called Neko Harbour A few years change agreement. l . ago it was undera thick cover ofice. Terry said his film, which has already ' . ~ «- ~ » "lust live years ago it was covered by 12 won three international awards including A x Q." - feet ofice." said Terry. “You could camp on it best picture at the [Environmental and Ecol? N - or drive a vehicle over it. ogy Films International Film Festival in he J , “J #. “Today it is not only melted. but it was land and The Silver Sierra Award at the " L,- ‘ n . comfortable enough for me to have a swim Yosemite Film Festival. got the rare honour . 1": y, , in it." because it is the only recent one that has ' A t“ T" " w .. The scene was shot Dec. .ll. 2008. and been shot exploring the effect of global ’ k g“"“' . , .. while the Toronto-based filmmaker was warming in the Antarctic. ,-' a j 1.4- . “a ’ \ “ ‘. shooting the effects of global warming on Most of the recent focus has been on the 1 ~’ ' ' . ' - ‘ " -' the planet's most inhospitable continent. Arctic. and the plight ofthe polar bear. ' ”is 3“? , the temperature reached a balmy ll (lel°ius. Instead, his film shares new findings â€" __j -: x \ At the exact same time. back in his south- about the declining penguin populations. , . , _ ~ - ~, - ern»()ntario home it was -21C. the greening of the world's largest desert, kick "‘ Z “it’s only been in the last few years that and the increasing pace of glacial melting 1 “a ' ‘ at temperatures have been recorded over zero that will lead world sea levels to eventually 3"; - ‘ ever in the history of Antarctica,” said Terry. rise. fl? ' ‘ “It was over 30 degrees warmer in Antarctica Terry. an environmental film documen- " that day than Toronto tarian, said the only continent he had never - » “It's a dramatic demonstration ofactually set foot on is Antarctica. It is an environ- ' ~ - - ~ . ~- “u” ‘~-â€"~ “â€" a t r}; g ,» wafi‘,» _:; .. , do mentally protected space that has major one of the permanent inhabitants of the Antarctic gets a little curious about cinematograph- :‘*‘ f':.i“‘.tfi%@f§siggf§‘ if ' . 5'34‘4 travel restrictions attached to it. er Damir Chytil. mm“, mm -~ “$353 f l t”; But when the UN declared it lnternation» ‘ 2:5ka - as al Polar Year in 2008 he decided to put and spores of this prehistoric vegetation was water into the ocean every year,“ said Terry. , writ»: "' " . _ , together a film crew and see for himself lying dormant in the rock of Antarctica for “That's catastrophic because that’s only one “A“? “ ' “Q. ‘ , a)..." what was happening. thousands ofyears. glacier. . ~, , ' “it’s an extremely unforgiving atmos- “It wasonly because ofthe warming tem~ “When you look at these glaciers it looks ,. L? - “37 phere." said Terry who battled 30~foot high peratures oftoday that melted the snow and like they're weeping." ' waves and icebergs the size of the CN Tower ice that once covered it are gone." It's already affecting the sea life around ,. . to get there. "It's the windiest continent on Seeing the volume of water generated by the world's coldest continent. and severely earth and shooting conditions are extremely melting land ice was also a shock. Terry said decimating the krill population that the difficult. 70 per cent of the world's fresh water is penguins of the Antarctic depend on for . , .. _ “I describe it as the closest thing to visit- trapped in Antarctica's polar ice cap. sustenance. - 4, ing another planet without leaving earth." “When that melts it adds to the world's “The penguin population is decreasing," What he managed to capture on film was sea level." said Terry. “The Arctic doesn't said Terry “These poor guys have nothing to . ' remarkable, including signs ofnew plant life have the same problem because the ice is eat. and the changing landscape has ' ' covering the barren ground after being already in the ocean â€" it's like an ice cube screwed up their migratory patterns buried under the permafrost for thousands in your drink." because they can’t make the trip anymore. ofyears. Those billions of litres of fresh water "The population have dropped severely "We started to see green vegetation grow- being added to the world's oceans will do the Chinstrap penguin population has ing,” said Terry. “We had a botanist with us everything from contribute to coastal ero- dropped 65 per cent in the past five years. from Calgary and after examining it she said sion to changing the desalinization of the We could be looking at extinction in 10 it was completely unfamiliar to her as a water. years.” Documentarian Mark Terry takes a dip in the species. “British scientists have found one glacier waters of Antarctica. 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