Even with the prevalence of digital capture, it is only every
once in a while that we see something entirely unprecedented.
Growing up in the mountains, I always felt like geologic change
was real, but not the kind of thing that happened in human time.
I was in awe of how glaciers grew and receded, carving the
mountains into the seductive shapes that inspires us to learn to
ski and climb; but I always believed that I wouldn’t live long
enough to really see the changes. How wrong I was! Just a decade
of working with CMH Heli-Skiing has been enough to see dramatic
changes in the glaciers of the Canadian Rockies. During the same
time, geologic change seems to be accelerating in many parts of
the world, and with the phenomenon reaching beyond the niche
circles of skiers and mountaineers, people are aiming cameras
and instruments at our planet in new ways. Perhaps the most
dramatic example of this change being captured "on film" is the
Chasing Ice project. By using time-lapse methods the team, led
by photographer