Owning the Polar Crisis is a short film discussing the salient issues of climate change in polar regions. Owning the Polar Crisis was entered into the selection process of several national and international film festivals. It is a small film made from the some of the materials of a larger film project, Polar Visions. Polar Visions is an exciting educational film about the causes and the effects of climate change in polar regions. Climate change is most extreme in the high latitudes. Polar Visions focuses on the effect of polar warming on three major polar ecological components. First, the effects of thawing permafrost are explored in northern Alaska. Second, the Greenland Ice Sheet provides a back drop to understanding ancient climates through ice cores and the speeding up of the ice sheet?s outlet glaciers. Lastly, sea ice is discussed, from climate modeler perspectives. The film not only covers the professional opinions of climate scientists, but the everyday American public and the natives of both Alaska and Greenland.

Not only will Owning the Polar Crisis be shown (8 minutes) during the Arctic Workshop presentation, but some of the details of making, and planning for the production of films of this nature will be discussed.