Los Angeles Book Launch Event for Arctica: The Vanishing North

October 31, 2015 8:19pm

Book Launch Event in Los Angeles to Celebrate the Release of Sebastian’s New Book

October 29, 2015 — Los Angeles, California

The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills was host to the Los Angeles launch of Sebastian’s new book Arctica: The Vanishing North. With a mix of environmental personality and celebrities, Sebastian spoke on the changing Arctic captured and in support of Global Green USA.  Los Angeles über environmentalist and actor Ed Begley Jr., Billy Zane, Orlando Bloom, Peter Mensah, Veronica Ferres, Thomas Kretchsmann and LA’s Chief Sustainability Officer Matt Petersen were some of the many who showed up in support of the book’s launch.

Here Sebastian talks about perceptions on climate, his cousin Orlando and the new book.

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Billy Zane speaks eloquently about climate change perceptions and gives a nod:

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Peter Mensah shares nice words and why he cares:

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Sebastian’s Art presented at Art Geneva Jan 29-Feb 1st 2015

January 27, 2015 4:06pm

If you are in Geneva this week, consider stopping by the art fair Art Geneve where Sebastian’s work will be on display at the Bernheimer Gallery booth, along side Irvin Penn, Host P. Horst and Annie Leibovitz.

Below is one of Sebastian’s photographs, presented at the fair, depicting a night on the Greenland ice sheet. This image  N71°28 W62°20 — Greenland Sky Two  is edition 1/10 in size 63X44 inches.

 

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“Into The Cold” Named Top 25 Documentaries List for 2013

July 25, 2014 10:46am

Video Librarian Lists Into The Cold one of 2013’s Top Documentaries.

Sebastian Copeland’s North Pole documentary made the coveted Video Librarian’s Top 25 Documentaries List for 2013 alongside Searching For Sugarman and We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks. 

Into The Cold–A Journey Of The Soul (2011) retraces two men’s journey on foot to the North Pole to commemorate Admiral’s Peary’s centennial reach in 1909. Directed by Sebastian Copeland, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now playing on Netfilx in the US, and is available with a special limited edition DVD on this website.

Order it now and get a blanket!

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Sebastian Copeland & SEDNA Foundation win prestigious 2014 Green Good Design Award

June 20, 2014 1:43am

Sebastian and SEDNA Foundation win the prestigious 2014 Good Design Award

GOOD DESIGN™ was founded in Chicago in 1950 by Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. to promote and foster a greater public understanding and acceptance for Modern Design.

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design selected Sebastian and the SEDNA Foundation among hundreds of submissions from around the world.

The Green Good Design identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important firms and leaders forwarding a new emphasis on ecology, sustainable design and the environment worldwide.

Recent previous recipients include: the Kingdom of Sweden, the City of Madrid, Architecture for Humanity, and numerous international manufacturers from BMW to Mercedes-Benz.

We are proud to receive this award .

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Happy Penguin Day!

April 25, 2014 8:04pm

Today is World Awareness Penguin Day.

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Sebastian on Air with WQNA’s Flyover Zone

April 20, 2014 7:14pm

Sebastian was on air for the WQNA 88.3FM Flyover Zone hour with Hugh Moore and friends, on April 20th, discussing systemic changes in the polar regions and polar travel. You can find a recording of the show here.

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Sebastian Profiled in the LA Review of Books

April 10, 2014 7:03pm

Michael Kurcfeld profiled Sebastian for the latest LA Review of Books (March 2014). The interview was conducted during Sebastian’s solo Antarctica: A Million Faces Of Ice at the Munich Bernheimer Gallery last year. The profile also features a filmed segment which can be seen here.

“Following in the footsteps of Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley, Sebastian Copeland ventures into the blinding white expanses of both poles, often for weeks at a time, to seek out the wild sculpted beauty of places no human has seen before.” Michael Kurcfeld — LA Review of Books

 

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RedBull’s Servus TV premieres Across The Ice

March 5, 2014 5:59pm

Servus TV to premiere Sebastian Copeland’s new film for German Speaking countries

Across The Ice–The Greenland Victory March premiered on Servus TV on March 5th in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The film chronicles Sebastian Copeland and Eric McNair Landry’s record setting kite skiing mission across the south-north axis of the Greenland ice sheet. The film marks Sebastian’s second directorial effort and his first collaboration with Red Bull Media House. Set mostly on Greenland, the film follows training sessions in Iqualuit, and the 2300 kilometer unassisted journey which includes getting pinned down by hurricane strength winds; a tour of the cold war relic DYE II; and setting the new world record for the longest distance travelled in 24 hours by kites with 595 km. Across The Ice will be presented at Cannes’s 2014 MipDoc for international distribution in early April. You see watch the trailer here. Stay tuned for other international releases.

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Sebastian in the March 2014 Issue of Red Bulletin

March 1, 2014 7:02pm

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Sebastian Lectures at the Annenberg Space for Photography

February 20, 2014 5:39pm

Sebastian Speaks At The Iris Night Lecture Series

As part of the National Geographic lecture series, Sebastian was invited to speak at the prestigious Annenberg Space for Photography on February 20, 2014. From Pole to Pole: The Longest Journey recounts being attacked by polar bears; reaching both poles on foot; photographing in sub-zero temperatures; and what the loss of  ice means in the context of a warming planet. The lecture sold out but was filmed and can be streamed here.

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