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Legacy of the Great Aletsch
| Director: Nick Brandestini Switzerland 2009 Screening time 6pm Monday 25 May (52 mins) “The mountain man and the farmer, you don't find them in the first rows in church. But because they are closer to nature, they have a special relation to God. The wire to God is shorter at 2500 metres than down here.” The Great Aletsch glacier arises near Switzerland's Jungfraujoch. Ski legend/hotelier Art Furrer, mountain guide Martin Nellen, and others explain, with humour, humility and insight, the significance of the glacier for them personally and in a wider context. But what we see is the past; the rapidly shrinking glacier shows the impact not of the current climate, but that of the 1970s–80s. Thirty years from now, what will remain of the glacier to show the impact of our current climate—and what will this mean for those whose lives depend so intimately on the Aletsch's survival? |  |