Events

The Risan Project Presents: Cresta Alta A glaciological expedition-based climate science and sustainability documentary film screening + Q&A with director, producer and cinematographer, Todd Anders Johnson Wildhorse Cinema 655 Marketplace Plaza Steamboat Springs, CO 6:30pm doors + meet & greet 7:00-7:15pm Introductions from regional speakers 7:15pm Cresta Alta 8:15pm Q&A In Cresta Alta, join filmmaker, Todd Anders Johnson, on a 10 day backpacking expedition to the McCall Glacier in the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with Dr. Matt Nolan; setting up basecamp at the Gamma Glacier in the Olivares Basin, high in the Chilean Andes with Dr. Sebastian Mernild; trekking to Lake Pacacocha, situated at 15,000 feet in elevation, in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca with Dr. Rachel Chisolm; joining the Icelandic Glaciological Society jeeping up the Vatnajökull ice cap to conduct ice core drilling and meeting with the President of Iceland to discuss his experiences and perspectives on climate change impacts in Iceland. The Cresta Alta Film Tour has been engaging audiences throughout the US with arts councils, colleges, high schools and museums with Risan Media’s expedition-based climate change documentary film titled, Cresta Alta, that chronicles a journey to Alaska, Iceland, Chile and Peru to document glaciological research expeditions and sustainability. The […]