"I want people to realize that we're not just losing ice," he said. "If we lose ice, we stand to lose the ecosystem."
...he tries to bridge the gap between scientific research and the public, and to communicate the physical changes he's witnessing.
"It's not like this is sort of a blind emotional journey that I'm on — but at the same time, I'm not just sitting here staring at hard science and scared to have an opinion...I'm a journalist who's realizing that time is short here and things are changing faster than we ever thought, so I'm happy to be slightly biased in this journey."