After 31 days on the ice cap, Harald and Andre have completed their expedition. But not before some interesting experiences on the Western side of the ice cap. The transition from ice sheet to glacier to mountain comes with caution in navigating the glacier’s crevaces and the many snow lakes.
Listen below to the last few [...]
Archive for May, 2008
May 17 to May 22. Reached Western Greenland – the Expedition is complete!
Posted in Greenland Crossing 2008, tagged climate change, glacier, global warming, greenland, greenlandcrossing, ice sheet, Kangerlussuaq, polar ice on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
May 12 to May 16: Reaching DYE 2. Civilization (of sorts)
Posted in Greenland Crossing 2008, tagged Camp Raven, climate change, global warming, greenland, Ice cap, ice sheet, Polar Research, snow kite on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past few days, Harald and Andre have reached DYE 2, a former distant early warnig radar station operated by the US during the cold war (built in 1960, closed 1988). Therfore they have made about two-thirds into their trek across the Greenland ice cap. Next to DYE 2 is Camp Raven, manned by [...]
May 7 to May 11: Reaching the Summit
Posted in Greenland Crossing 2008, tagged climate change, climatechange, environment, global warming, globalwarming, greenland, ice sheet, polar ice cap on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On May 8, Harald and Andre reached the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet. After a few days traveling on a plateau at the summit, they’ve begun to travel downhill. And judging by the map, they have been able to make more progress each day.
Listen to the daily audio reports as Harald explains the importance [...]
Catching up: May 1 to May 6
Posted in Greenland Crossing 2008, tagged climate change, climatechange, environment, global warming, globalwarming, greenland, polar ice cap on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Due to a challenging schedule, I haven’t updated Harald’s blog daily as I’d wanted to. So, to catch up, I’m going to include a number of Harald’s podcasts below.
He’s been making great progress and has had some extremely interesting experiences and things to share.
And, for those wanting to follow along more regularly than I’ve been [...]
Polar Research and Global Warming: an essay by Cornelia Lüdecke
Posted in Climate Change thought leadership, tagged Cornelia Lüdecke, history, Polar Research on May 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As you can read in his introductory post, Harald’s goal for this blog is to help build a bridge between the academic and business communities on issues regarding climate change and polar research. Before he left, he asked a few of his friends and colleagues to contribute. Read below for the first essay, by Cornelia [...]
April 30 – A typical meal while trekking the polar ice cap
Posted in Greenland Crossing 2008, tagged climate change, climatechange, environment, global warming, globalwarming, greenland, polar ice cap on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Harald gives an overview of the typical meal when trekking across the polar ice cap. It involves a lot of calories (butter, biscuits and bacon for breakfast – not bad).
Listen here: April 30 2008 Daily Report
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