It’s been months in preparation, and now it’s official: the campaign to raise production money to send our small team to Alaska to film Melissa Kegler on her quest to set a new world record is now live!

Here’s the link to the Afterdrop Kickstarter Page.

We’re raising $42,000 which is enough to send a crew of 3 (two filmmakers and Melissa) to alaska for two weeks in June, during which time we’ll meet with glaciologists and learn what’s happening to Alaska’s big tidewater glaciers while Melissa seeks the perfect water temperature – just under 41 degrees Fahrenheit- to make her attempt.

As it turns out, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and established 21 March (today) as the annual World Day for Glaciers.

As scientists who study disappearing glaciers come under attack from the highest levels of government in the United States, I believe it’s on us to keep sharing their work. So I am making this documentary as much a climate film as it is a sports documentary.

There is a moment in every ice swim when the body begs to stop, when survival instincts scream for warmth, for safety. Melissa knows this moment well—she lives in that threshold, mastering the delicate balance between pushing forward and knowing when the cold is too much. This is the razor’s edge where endurance becomes something more than physical. It is here, in this battle between strength and fragility, that Melissa’s journey reflects something far greater. Her struggle is not just about breaking records; it is about facing the unknown, about adapting, about enduring. As the world around her changes in ways we are only beginning to understand, her pursuit becomes a quiet but powerful reminder: resilience alone is not enough. The question is not how far she can go, but how much longer we have to hold on to the world as we know it. 

Join us. Let’s make history together.