Arctic Alchemy Film

Rivers in Alaska’s Brooks Range are changing in ways no one fully understands. Arctic Alchemy follows Roman Dial—adventurer, father, and climate scientist, and so much more—into the remote backcountry as he investigates a mysterious phenomenon poisoning critical Arctic watersheds.

What begins as a scientific expedition becomes a deeply personal journey, confronting loss, resilience, and the raw power of wilderness to unsettle us—and ultimately bring us fully alive.

Arctic Alchemy is a call to look closer at the landscapes we travel through, and to reckon with the responsibility we share for their future.

Watch the Film.

Interested in learning how you can help safeguard the Brooks Range, elevate Tribal voices, and support community-led resistance to the Ambler industrial road? Visit DefendBrooksRange.org for more info.

Full credit roll

• Co-Directors - Colin Arisman & Zeppelin Zeerip
• Production Companies - Field Work Creative & Wild Confluence Media
• Presented by - Kahtoola
• Additional support - Alpacka raft & Sierra Club
• Editor - Chris Cresci
• Principle Cinematography - Colin Arisman & Zeppelin Zeerip
• Aerial Cinematography - Daniel Zatz
• Archival photography- Roman Dial & Bill Hatcher
• Additional camera - Ryan Peterson
• Expedition photographer & field support- Jayme Dittmar
• Story advising - Elsa Sebastian
• Color - Pinto Pictures
• Sound design - Keith White
• Animation - Barry Thompson
• Featuring - Roman Dial