Objectif Mont Blanc
A climatologist, a physicist, and a volcanologist set out to conquer the highest peak in the Alps. Through exceptional images, the film recounts their odyssey and reveals the immense wealth of this na…
Objectif Mont Blanc
A climatologist, a physicist, and a volcanologist set out to conquer the highest peak in the Alps. Through exceptional images, the film recounts their odyssey and reveals the immense wealth of this natural laboratory. A climatologist, a physicist, and a volcanologist set out to conquer the highest peak in the Alps. Through exceptional images, the film recounts their odyssey and reveals the immense wealth of this natural laboratory. Straddling France, Italy, and Switzerland, the Mont Blanc massif was formed 240 million years ago. Four times the size of Paris, it covers 400 square kilometers. Its summit, the highest in Western Europe, reaches 4,810 meters. Three scientists begin its ascent: Martine Rebetez, a Swiss climatologist; Étienne Klein, a philosopher and physicist at the French Atomic Energy Commission; and Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, a geologist and volcanologist. Advancing in two roped teams, they are accompanied by mountain guides Jean-Franck Charlet and François-Régis Thévenet, as well as physiologist Hugo Nespoulet. Their adventure begins with two days of acclimatization to the high mountains: the altitude puts their organisms to the test. Then, the ascent will take some of them-not all!-from the Mer de Glace to the summit of Mont Blanc. Throughout their grueling journey, between lunar rocks and pristine ridges, the history of the massif's formation and its evolution are revealed thanks to the insights of specialists working in disciplines as diverse as geology, paleontology, geomorphology, glaciology, geophysics, botany, and ecology. These scientists make no secret of their concerns. Global warming is weakening all of the massif's ecosystems. During the 20th century, the average temperature there increased by 1.5°C, three times more than the global average. If it increased by 3°C, the icy surface of the Alps could shrink by 80%. —Arte
Objectif Mont Blanc
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A climatologist, a physicist, and a volcanologist set out to conquer the highest peak in the Alps. Through exceptional images, the film recounts their odyssey and reveals the immense wealth of this natural laboratory. A climatologist, a physicist, and a volcanologist set out to conquer the highest peak in the Alps.
Through exceptional images, the film recounts their odyssey and reveals the immense wealth of this natural laboratory. Straddling France, Italy, and Switzerland, the Mont Blanc massif was formed 240 million years ago. Four times the size of Paris, it covers 400 square kilometers.
Its summit, the highest in Western Europe, reaches 4,810 meters. Three scientists begin its ascent: Martine Rebetez, a Swiss climatologist; Étienne Klein, a philosopher and physicist at the French Atomic Energy Commission; and Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, a geologist and volcanologist. Advancing in two roped teams, they are accompanied by mountain guides Jean-Franck Charlet and François-Régis Thévenet, as well as physiologist Hugo Nespoulet.
Their adventure begins with two days of acclimatization to the high mountains: the altitude puts their organisms to the test. Then, the ascent will take some of them-not all!-from the Mer de Glace to the summit of Mont Blanc. Throughout their grueling journey, between lunar rocks and pristine ridges, the history of the massif's formation and its evolution are revealed thanks to the insights of specialists working in disciplines as diverse as geology, paleontology, geomorphology, glaciology, geophysics, botany, and ecology.
These scientists make no secret of their concerns. Global warming is weakening all of the massif's ecosystems. During the 20th century, the average temperature there increased by 1.5°C, three times more than the global average.
If it increased by 3°C, the icy surface of the Alps could shrink by 80%. —Arte.