On Friday, January 28th the University of California, White Mountain Research Station will be hosting a premiere of a new film entitled, In the Shadow of White Mountain at the Inyo Council for the Arts.

Almost three years in the making, this is a one hour documentary filmed by Rich Wargo of UCSD TV, with funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Narrated by award-winning narrator and author, Peter Coyote, the film takes viewers to the peak of the University of California's White Mountain Research Station to see just what it means to study life on the edge. Take a look behind the scenes as we focus on this unique resource for science--a biological field station that provides both the highest research lab and the highest Internet node in North America.

The White Mountain Research Station provides science unprecedented access to unique environments; environments where life exists at the edge of extremes. In the Shadow of White Mountain weaves a story of how this unique access is yielding an understanding of change, from physiology to climate, from the oldest known living organism, to a short-lived beetle, and what this understanding means for all.
and explore how it is critical to such wide-ranging research as saving the endangered Sierra Bighorn Sheep and understanding climate change through the evolution of tiny beetles.

The White Mountain Research Station is a multi-campus research unit of the University of California Office of Research, with a campus office located at UC San Diego. The station includes a base facility (Owens Valley Lab; elevation 4000') located in the town of Bishop, as well as three facilities in the White Mountains: a montane station at Crooked Creek (elev. 10,200'), an alpine station at Barcroft (elev. 12,500'), and a remote high alpine lab on the summit of White Mountain Peak (elev. 14,250'). The combination of facilities, high elevation, year-round access, and dry air make the station uniquely valuable for scientific study and educational purposes. Producer / Director Rich Wargo, of UCSD commented that, “This beautiful place is a unique resource for science, and by extension, for us all.”

The documentary will be shown at the Inyo Council for the Arts, 137 South Main Street, on January 28 at 7:00 PM. Join Rich Wargo Director/ Producer, Frank Powell Director of the White Mountain Research Station, and various researchers for an evening of discovery. Donations to the Inyo Arts Council are requested.