Into the Cold
World Premiere

Into the Cold

Discovery
| USA | 86 MINUTES | English
Sports, Documentary

The absolute top of the earth is a place few try to reach on foot. Even fewer succeed. With the vast arctic ice vanishing rapidly, photographer and environmental advocate Sebastian Copeland sets out with fellow extreme adventurer Keith Heger to reach the North Pole. Their journey is timed to mark the centennial of Robert Peary and Matthew Henson accomplishing the same remarkable feat. "There won't be a bicentennial," Copeland warns. Climate change, he says, is thinning the winter ice that covers the Arctic Ocean, threatening all the life around it.

This inspiring documentary follows Copeland and Heger's incredible two-month trek—not just through deadly cold and merciless terrain, but straight into the depths of the soul. We watch as they endure grueling preparations, but the real power of Into the Cold comes when the duo sets off on the ice. The quality of sound and cinematography puts us right there with them on the 47-below landscape. Snow groans under their 200-pound sledges. Their breath is heavy. Ice rubble spreads out forever in all directions like a giant frozen crumble cake. "What type of man are you to think that you will succeed at this?" Copeland asks himself.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland is an award-winning photographer, author, and environmental activist who has addressed audiences at the United Nations on the issue of climate change. He is a graduate of UCLA's film school and a board member of Global Green.
Composer
Didier Lockwood
Producer
Sebastian Copeland
Screenwriter
Sebastian Copeland
Director of Photography
Sebastian Copeland
Editor
Matthew Booth
Primary Cast
Sebastian Copeland, Keith Heger
Assistant Editor, Graphics
Matthew Dean
Director
Sebastian Copeland
Executive Directors
Mikhail Lapushner, Aber Whitcomb

Contacts
Print Source
Matthew Booth
Los Angeles, CA matthewbooth1@aol.com
Press Contact
Jaime Stoner
ID-PR
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212 774 6159
jstoner@id-pr.com
Press Contact
Mikhail Lapushner
mikhail@signalray.com
Press Contact
Annie Schmidt
ID PR
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212 774 6159
aschmidt@id-pr.com
Submitter
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland Productions
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: 323 512 2229
seabass@interlog.com
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