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Some camera locations are so remote that EIS team members were probably the first people to ever visit the sites. Field teams reach the cameras on foot, horseback, dogsleds, fishing boats and helicopters.
In 2008, EIS recorded the largest calving event (ice breaking off into the ocean), ever captured on film. The awesome event occurred at the Ilulissat Glacier, in Greenland. A huge block of ice, three miles wide and three-fifths of a mile deep (approx. the size of 3,000 U.S. Capitol Buildings), broke off in a little more than an hour.
Real-world visual evidence has a unique ability to convey the reality and immediacy of global warming. The visuals also celebrate the otherworldly beauty of ice-cloaked landscapes and help scientists better understand the mechanisms of glacial retreat.
Becoming aware of the climate change, is the first step toward caring about a distant landscape most of us will never experience in person. We are becoming more able to connect the dots between what happens far away, the rising sea levels, and other climate- related issues closer to home.
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