Has anyone seen the documentary \"Chasing Ice\" and is able to help with the fol

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Has anyone seen the documentary "Chasing Ice" and is able to help with the following questions?

1. Compare the cinematic approach taken in this documentary with something like a chart or graph that scientists typically use to convey information. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using statistics vs a documentary? In your opinion, what is it about images that make us react differently than graphs or statistics?

2. What changes do the people in the film experience? What causes those changes? What are the consequences of those changes for people in the documentary?

3. If all the glaciers and sea ice melt, how do you imagine that would impact the people and animals that will come after us? Do we have an obligation to future generations to change the way we are impacting the planet? What strategy can you suggest that would encourage the global community to consider the long-term consequences of current activities, even if those activities will not have a noticeable effect for 50 years?

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Short films / Images / figures indeed appeal more compared to a statistical representation of any phenomena, like one discussed in the documentary Chasing Ice

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