We know very little about glaciers in the high mountains. We know they’re shrinking and temperatures are rising faster at higher altitudes than anywhere else on the planet. But, due to extreme conditions and inaccessibility, we have much to learn. Detailed field measurements are being made on just twelve out of some 54,000 glaciers in the Himalayas. More measurements are needed because these glaciers feed the rivers people living down below rely on.

Directed and produced by
Susan Hale Thomas

Narrator
Amy Sellmyer

Script
Joseph Shea
Susan Hale Thomas
Amy Sellmyer

Videographer
Susan Hale Thomas

Drone pilot
Walter Immerzeel

Additional footage
Jitendra Bajracharya
Inka Koch
Maxime Litt
Joseph Shea

Music 
"Asarai Mahina"
Performed by Kutumba
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