Duo from Lofoten with scientific film on NRK – Lofotposten

The documentary is produced by Warholm Film and sold into Schrødingers cat.

– Incredibly cool that a small company from Lofoten stock which will go on prime time NRK, says Kriss Rokkan Iversen in SALT.

Inspired

The documentary is all in brief about how microorganisms in the sea affected by climate change. In summer went researchers from Uni Reasearch and the University of Bergen to Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard to make a series of experiments, and to hunt for answers as to how the ocean’s little helpers are affected.

– The documentary is in cooperation of several to assemble the knowledge necessary to do such work, says Iversen, adding:

– Microorganisms have great significance for ocean and ecosystem. They form the foundation for all life higher up the food chain.

Important

Why is this so important?

– We humans have not so easy to relate to things we do not see, but this is certainly something we should care about. This climate is one thing, but this ecosystem also has great significance for us. We could, for example, not having driven with fishing in Lofoten if it had not been for that microalgae are doing their job in the ecosystem, says Iversen.

She adds that it is important to understand how a microscopic plant are affected of climate change and how this may affect us. – In an era of climate change has been a great need to understand the processes in these areas.

Lofoten Girls: Kriss Rokkan Iversen and Ingvill Warholm. Photo: Warholm Film

Svalbard

Iversen has not yet seen the documentary, sent Thursday night NRK.

– I have not dared, she laughs and continues:

– I’ve never worked with TVs before. It has been both challenging and exciting.

Micro Polar has been responsible for the dissemination of the documentary, and participated as a reinforcement so that the project would set aside time to tell why what they do is so important.

– My task has been to try to make it easier to understand, although this is not easy to simplify, laughing Iversen.

Lofoten girl has worked on Svalbard many times before, and thinks it is important to shed light on this area, because it is around the poles that climate change comes first and takes the greatest extent.

Documentary Creator

Warholm’ve never been on Svalbard before, and it seems there has been a interesting work to immerse themselves in.

– The challenge has been to create a popular scientific and visual tale of a rather complex research work – which in addition is microscopic. But shooting in a magnificent environment in Svalbard with expert contributors have made the process has gone well, says Warholm.

What was the background for the project?

– Kriss contacted me when she was going to Svalbard, and asked if it might be interesting for me to produce something here. There, I said yes immediately – and after a little research I presented a concept for NRK that they wanted to buy. Then there was agreement in the box and I got the pleasure to follow Kriss and the other researchers in almost three weeks on Svalbard this summer. It was a great experience, quit Warholm.

The TV documentary named “The invisible helpers” be sent on Schrødingers cat on NRK tonight.