INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING photographer and environmental advocate, Sebastian Copeland, witnessed and captured the accelerated devastation of the Antarctic ice shelf in 2006 and 2007. Antarctica: The Global Warning, to be published on 14 April, 2008 by The Five Mile Press, uncovers both the stark and awesome beauty of Antarctica, and the alarming evidence of the massive inroads that climate change has made on the continent.
Demonstrating that the fate of Antarctica foretells the fate of the Earth, Copeland’s photographs of Antarctica’s frozen landscape, glaciers, fields, fjords and wild life, illustrate this devastation.
"Scale and light. That is how I will remember Antarctica…" says Copeland. "I am awed by the raw power of nature in this surreal
environment, where mankind is dwarfed by such gigantic proportions."
On the destruction of the fragile and precarious landscape, Copeland says "Remotely and systematically, greed and ignorance are spoiling this extraordinary place, as global temperatures threaten the ice so crucial to the climate balance of our planet."
Green Cross International’s chairman, Mikhail Gorbachev and actor/activist Leonardo DiCaprio, also offer a broader understanding about global warming and what this remarkable continent means to mankind.
Additional perspectives come from global warming expert Stephen Schneider and Zac Goldsmith, editor of The Ecologist magazine, explorer Will Steger, National Geographic’s ‘Emerging Explorer’ David De Rothschild, aerial artist and producer John Quigley and Matt Petersen, CEO of Global Green USA.
Antarctica The Global Warning, large in size, glossy and verdant in colour, features over 100 images sometimes spanning two pages with some folding out to double their size.
International award-winning photographer Sebastian Copeland serves on the board of directors of Global Green USA, and is an affiliate of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Green Cross International. Copeland’s work has appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide.
"Sebastian Copeland’s stunning photographs are a stark reminder of what we stand to lose. He has ventured to the bottom of the world and returned with a message that we cannot afford to ignore."– Sting
Sebastian Copeland titles include:
Antarctica: The Global Warning
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