When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.

Encounters at the End of the World
2007
7.5/10

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
6.6/10

Chasing Coral
2017
7.7/10

Everest
1998
6.6/10

The 11th Hour
2007
6.7/10

An Inconvenient Truth
2006
7.0/10

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020
8.4/10

National Gallery
2014
7.3/10

Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
8.1/10

Before the Flood
2016
7.7/10

Polar Bear
2022
7.2/10

Kiss the Ground
2020
7.7/10

I Know That Voice
2014
7.1/10

The Unbelievers
2013
6.4/10

Nanook of the North
1922
7.1/10

The September Issue
2009
6.5/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

A Beautiful Planet
2016
7.1/10

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know
2020
6.6/10

First Position
2011
7.2/10
Ice on Fire
2019
7/10