Between Earth and Sky Directed by Paul Allen Runtime: 1 Hour 20 Min Country of Origin: USA
Alaska has been the source of myth and legend in the imagination of Americans for centuries, and what was once the last frontier of American expansion, has become the first frontier in climate change. Between Earth and Sky examines climate change through the lens of impacts to native Alaskans, receding glaciers, and arctic soil.
Icy Bay Mega-Tsunami Directed by Bjorn Olsen Runtime: 17 Min Country of Origin: USA / Alaska
Oct. 17, 2015. Some 200 million metric tons of rock slid down the mountain in Taan Fjord, IcyBay, Alaska, in a crash that must have been deafening. It hit the ocean, sending up a wave that peaked at nearly 600 feet high. The wall of water stripped alder thickets from the hillside, tossed boulders up hills and carpeted the land in rubble from the bottom of the ocean. No one noticed.
