In May 2024, I joined an international team crossing 580km of Greenland’s East Coast on skis, travelling fully unsupported and hauling nearly a ton of equipment across the ice. Our month-long journey from Kangerlussuaq to Isortoq formed part of a low-carbon scientific mission to better understand changes in the Greenland ice sheet and their impact on global sea levels.
My role was to document both the science and the human story, capturing daily life on the ice, the physical and emotional endurance, and the meticulous research being carried out in one of the harshest environments on Earth. Working in brutally cold conditions after ten-hour ski days was a challenge in itself, but it allowed me to show the expedition as it truly unfolded: raw, vast, repetitive, and quietly beautiful.
The project’s data – ranging from ground-penetrating radar profiles to snow density measurements – will help calibrate satellite observations and support future climate research. For us, it also proved that meaningful science can be done with minimal emissions and a small, highly committed team.
Learn more about the project and its mission at adventureandresearch.com
