The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice

During the 1960s, the U.S. Army built a clandestine camp, Camp Century, in northwestern Greenland with a plan to shuttle nuclear warheads under the Greenland Ice Sheet. Glaciologists at the camp drilled a mile into the ice, extracting sediment from under it. The sediment was forgotten to science for decades, but contained evidence of past life, clues that parts of Greenland were once ice-free. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice is an award-winning documentary tracing the rediscovery of this core and its groundbreaking implications for our understanding of sea level rise and climate change. By merging historical intrigue with cutting-edge science, the film follows researchers as they uncover how the Greenland Ice Sheet collapsed before and may do so again, threatening a 21-foot global sea level rise with dire economic consequences. Directed by scientist-filmmaker Kathy Kasic, the film serves as both a scientific revelation and a call for urgent climate action.