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“Is Greenland turning green?” – SPI polar film screening followed by panel discussion at the University of Bern
In 2026, the Swiss Polar Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of film screenings hosted by its member institutions and dedicated to polar science.
Join us for the first event of the Polar Film Series in Bern!
The screening will take place on 3 June at the University of Bern (Lecture Hall 099, EXWI building, Sidlerstrasse 5), in the presence of film director Anders Graver.
“The Color of Ice”
Anders Graver | Denmark | 2023 | 59’
OV (EN, KL, DA) with EN subs
Two scientists and a Greenlandic hunter each investigate and discover climate change in their own way on the white and blue ice sheets, but the goal and the hope are the same. Over 60 years ago, an expedition of scientists drilled down through the Greenland ice sheet to measure temperatures at different depths. In ‘The Color of Ice’, two American scientists find the same site to conduct the same experiment using a new drilling technique to investigate how much ice has melted and how much the temperature has changed. Information from Greenland is important because it melts two to three times more than the global average. In the middle of the ice sheet, their paths cross with Greenlandic hunter Olennguaq, who observes and feels the climate changes scientists are drilling for evidence of every day. He can tell by the colour of the ice and the moisture of the snow if his dog sled can run on it, but the changes make it hard to hold on to traditions and culture.
Programme:
17:30 Welcome & introduction
Hubertus Fischer, Universität Bern
Basil Fahrlaender, Swiss Polar Institute
William Colgan, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) (online)
17:45 Film screening
18:45 Panel discussion & Q&A: How climate change in Greenland is experienced and investigated
Anders Graver, film director
Hubertus Fischer, Universität Bern
Martha Cerny, Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art
19:15 Aperitif & networking
Free entry. Due to logistical reasons, registration is highly recommended.
Download:
- Programme, web version (301 Kb, pdf) →