Into the Dark

Battling subzero temperatures and forty-foot seas, an international team of scientists embark on a perilous winter expedition into the darkest regions of the Arctic. Their mission: to understand how trace amounts of light may be radically altering the mysterious world of the polar night. What they discover has implications for the global climate and the future of the Arctic.

Into the Dark brings viewers to a place on this planet where very few people have ever been – the polar night of the Arctic– to show them how tiny changes can lead to large impacts. In this case, how tiny changes in light can alter an ecosystem. But, in a broader sense, how a tiny molecule - carbon dioxide - can alter a planet.

The findings and photos from the project have been published as feature articles in outlets such as National Geographic, Nature, BBC, and Scientific American, and have been galleried in major venues in New York City, Hong Kong, and Glasgow. The cover image of the project was the winner of the prestigious Decade of Change Award from the British Journal of Photography. Into the Dark was screened to the international delegation at the United Nations Climate Conference, where the Director, Michael O. Snyder was invited to present the film.