Marda Loop Justice Film Festival presents Film Nights:

Antarctic Edge: 70° South

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 @ 7:00 PM
River Park Church Auditorium - 3818 14A Street SW, Calgary, AB
Free Admission

Free Film & Conversation Night! Canadian Premiere!

D: Dena Seidel | P: Richard D. Ludescher | 2015 | 72 minutes

Antarctic Edge: 70° South is a thrilling journey to the bottom of the Earth alongside a team of dedicated scientists. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams up with a group of world-class researchers in a race to understand climate change in the fastest winter-warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. For more than 20 years, these scientists have dedicated their lives to studying the Peninsula's rapid change as part of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Project.

Conversation Leader:
Professor Shawn Marshall-a glaciologist and climatologist from the University of Calgary's Department of Geography will lead the Q and A following the film. Dr. Marshall's research interests include glacier-climate processes and climate variability, including melt modelling to improve understanding of surface temperature lapse rates in glacierized terrain. Research insights will improve forecasts of the water resource and sea-level rise impacts that are expected from ongoing glacier retreat in the decades ahead. He is a Canada Research Chair in Climate Change (2007-2017).

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The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival uses the medium of film to show recent high quality documentaries in order to draw attention to serious local & global issues. We hope audiences watch a film, stay for the discussion, and visit with local non-government groups and fair trade vendors that will be onsite.

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