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Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
Jacqueline Mitchell, Editorial Assistant
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer

Special Thanks
Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University

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Descent Into the Ice homepage
Photo: © Liesl Clark for WGBH/NOVA

Vanishing Into Thin Air
Photos: (Mt. Blanc) © Liesl Clark for WGBH/NOVA; (Glacier National Park) © Corbis Images; (Himalayan glaciers) Courtesy of NASA; (Peru glacier) Courtesy of Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center

Glacier Hazards From Space
All Photos: © Andreas Kääb; US/Japan ASTER Science Team

Outfitting an Ice Climber
Photos: (main image, boot detail, rope detail, gaiter detail, runners detail) © Lexi Krock for WGBH/NOVA; (all other details) Courtesy of Eastern Mountain Sports, www.ems.com

Life Cycle of a Glacier
Illustrations: © WGBH/NOVA

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Written, Produced and Directed by
Liesl Clark

Program Executives, France 5
Ann Julienne
Jacques Angerie

Executive Producer, Granada
Robert MacIver

Executive Producers, SWR
Walter Sucher
Rolf Schlenker

Series Producer
Liesl Clark

Consulting Producer
David Breashears

Narrated by
Jeremiah Kissel

Associate Producers
Marty Johnson
Rob Meyer

Edited by
Stephanie Munroe
Jean Dunoyer

Camera
Thierry Machado

Sound Recordist
Erick Ferroud-Plattet

Additional Camera
Sylvain Maillard
Carsten Peter
Luc Moreau

Music
Ilia Jossifov
Ray Loring

Animation
Step-ani-motion

Stills Animation
Frank Capria

Translation Voices
Jack Ryland
Peter Newman

Assistant Editor
Hamilton Jones

Online Editor and Colorist
Mark Steele

Audio Mix
John Jenkins

Production Managers
Ann Arnold
Diane Riethof

Assistant Director
Matteo Rivoli

Grip
Sylvain Bardoux

Mountaineering guides and rigging
Denis Ducroz
Michel Pellé

Technical assistance
Maël Lamberton

With the scientific participation of
Luc Moreau
Carsten Peter
Jean-Paul Gay

Archival Material
Corbis
Jean-Paul Gay
Luc Moreau
SWR
Tele M1
WGBH
Archive Photos/Archive Films

 

Special Thanks
ACS
Pascal Brun
CMBH
Renzino Cosson
Bertrand Daubord, Société Electricité d'Emosson
Martin Funk, ETH
Christian Gauzens
Hans-Rudolf Keusen, Geotest
Idaho Public Television
Mabel TV
Evelyne Moreau
NHK
Massimo Pasqualotto, La Région Autonome
de la Vallée d'Aoste
The city of Chamonix
The city of St Gervais
Jean-Marc Peillex
François Valla, Cemagref

With the participation of
Le Centre National de la Cinématographie
CNRS Images/media

For Gédéon and SWR

Producers
Bertrand Jenny
Joachim Knaf

Produced by
Gédéon Programmes
Schwenk Film

Executive Producers
Stéphane Millière
Hartmut Schwenk


NOVA Series Graphics
National Ministry of Design

NOVA Theme
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
Michael Whalen

Closed Captioning
The Caption Center

Publicity
Jonathan Renes
Diane Buxton

Senior Researcher
Ethan Herberman

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Unit Manager
Lola Norman-Salako

Paralegals
Nancy Marshall
Gabriel Cohen-Leadholm

Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko

Post Production Assistant
Patrick Carey

Associate Producer, Post Production
Nathan Gunner

Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole

Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto

Post Production Manager
Maureen Barden Lynch

Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart

Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson

Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane

Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham

Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace

Managing Director
Alan Ritsko

Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell

   

A NOVA/WGBH, La Cinquième, Südwestrundfunk, Gédéon Programmes, Meridian, and NHK Co-Production.

"Mont Blanc" © 2003 La Cinquième, Sudwestrundfunk, Gédéon Programmes

"Descent Into the Ice" © 2004 WGBH Educational Foundation

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