Original account of the famous diving expedition in the year 2000 to Antarctica to study largest iceberg in history, B-15. Film maker Wes Skiles and marine biologist Dr. Greg Stone co-led this heart stopping adventure (sponsored by National Geographic Society, the New England Aquarium and the Fidelity Foundation) to the ends of the earth to learn why our polar ice is melting and the urgent need to stop rapid climate change. While all members of expedition played key roles and you will meet them in this film, of particular note was diver/explorer extraordinare, Jill Heinerth whose leadership role was dive master of the entire expedition. Dr. Porter Turnbull, the ships medical officer and science diver and Chilean scientist Carlos Oliviera helped discover a new sub species of Orca using molecular biology and discovered the long lost summer breeding grounds of the southern right whale. . This film and story was well ahead of its time. If only the warning sign the B-15 represented was taken seriously, we may not be in he situation we are now: Chaotic weather, rising sea levels, and to the shock of the scientific community 2023 appears to be the first time in recorded history that sea ice, which doubles the size of Antarctica each year is not forming.that ice trough the albedo effect helps reflect heat back into space instead of dark ocean water absorbing even more heat, -Antarctic Ice is a key driver of how our planet works and maintains conditions favorable for Hominids and the lives we all live. It's possible this is the first time in 7 million yers there is no formation of the annual sea ice that provides habitat for penguins and seal reproduction and food for krill. More important than all that it is a a major driver of the global thermo saline circulation of the ocean via the Antarctic overturning current. This is very serious and equivalent to changing the jet streams, stoping the Gulf Stream or suddenly having no rain in Seattle for 12 months. . There is also a National Geographic article and a book with the same name. The book won the 2004 outdoor book award. This program contains important, dangerous and extreme SCUBA and rebreather diving sequences under and into National Geographic Article Link: icebergs. • ANTARCTICA ICE ISLAND ...
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