Co-presented with the Carnegie Institution for Science Includes a pre-recorded panel discussion featuring Diana Kushner and Stephen Smith (Co-directors, Beneath the Polar Sun), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D, Rhode Island), and Amanda Lynch (Sloan And George Lindeman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University).

Five hundred nautical miles from the North Pole, inside the Arctic Ocean’s “Last Ice Area”, a research team has set out to measure the world’s largest and oldest sea ice floes. Steve is an expedition leader who has led projects in the High Arctic for 40 years. Chris is a polar oceanographer who studies ice floes from a Harvard lab. They know the data, the models, the science. None of that has prepared them for the truth on the ground. The floes around them are crumbling, collapsing - jumbled slabs of sea ice closing in from every corner. There is no way forward, there is no way back, they are tiny specks in the Arctic wilderness. Caught in a frozen maelstrom, something has to give.

Beneath the Polar Sun

Five hundred nautical miles from the North Pole, inside the Arctic Ocean’s “Last Ice Area”, a research team finds themselves caught in a frozen maelstrom of crumbling ice floes.

Diana Kushner (Co-director, Beneath the Polar Sun) has been an organic farmer since the 1990s. When not growing vegetables on her Rhode Island farm, Diana escapes into books and into the wilderness -- especially into icy realms. This is her first time directing a film. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/kushner-diana/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Stephen Smith (Co-director, Beneath the Polar Sun) has been exploring the Far North since the late 1970s and his work has been informed and influenced by a lifetime of experiences on the frozen ocean. As a field biologist, Stephen was involved in polar wildlife research for three decades. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/smith-stephen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D, Rhode Island) is fighting to reduce carbon pollution, protect our air and water, and position America as a leader in the clean energy economy.&nbsp;<a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/whitehouse-senator-sheldon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Amanda Lynch is the Sloan And George Lindeman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environment and Society and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/lynch-amanda/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Mara Webster (Moderator) &nbsp;is a programmer, producer, content curator, moderator and interviewer.&nbsp;She is the Co-Founder and Head of Programming for In Creative Company, a year round digital talk series focusing on in depth craft driven discussions around the creative process across film, television, theater and the arts.

Beneath the Polar Sun: Panel Discussion

Featuring Co-Directors Diana Kushner and Stephen Smith, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Professor Amanda Lynch (Brown University).

Beneath the Polar Sun (Carnegie Institution for Science)

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The 30th Anniversary Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital will be all-virtual March 17-27. Featuring dozens of screenings and discussions -- many FREE and available to audiences around the globe! Opens with Sundance Favorite FIRE OF LOVE and an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall.

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