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About the Expeditions

Since 2003, Cape Farewell has led eight expeditions to the Arctic including two Youth Expeditions run in collaboration with the British Council. Each expedition was spectacular and unique in its own way.

The aim of each expedition is to inspire the artists, musicians, play-writes, comics, educators, teachers and young people who travel with us to respond in some way and make work which engages audiences with climate change and ultimately help achieve a cultural shift that embraces sustainable lifestyles.

In 2009 launched the first ever Cape Farewell expedition outside of the Arctic to the Andes in Peru in collaboration with the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University. 

Aims

  • Cape Farewell aims to bring education, science and the arts together through adventure and environmental awareness.
  • Undertake a inspirational voyage to hot-spots of climate change as the Arctic and the Andes and to destinations nearer to home and vital for any change.
  • Disseminate current thinking and information about ocean science to as broad a public as possible through science, arts, education and the media
  • Employ the web and a rich variety of media to excite the public into a deeper understanding of ocean currents and their direct relationship to global warming
  • Work with scientific community to develop new ways to communicate recent oceanographic discoveries utilising interactive web design, video graphics and games and artistic projects
  • Work with artists to produce powerful visual events to capture public attention and inform 

Latest News

The Arctic Poppy Chronicles

'The Arcic Poppy Chronicles' by Michèle Noach are to be seen at the Botanical Garden Oxford

Exploring the Oceans

Watch new Cape Farewell films on the future of the ocean.

 

Lates with Mastercard at the Science Museum, London

Cape Farewell rejoins the Lates with Mastercard at the Science Museum. Join us on Wednesday 24 April, from 6.45-10pm, for a night of entertainment, knowledge and exploration on the topic of 'Climate Science'.

Our Time In Ice

The exhibition ''Our Time in Ice' is still on until 31 May in Brighton and will be accompanied by a talk on Sat, 19th May by Michèle Noach, David Buckland and Chris Wainwright.

Phytology

An action-reserach project around wild plants and urban space in the heart of East London.

This Clement World

Cynthia Hopkins musical perfromance, 'This Clement World', is showing in New York, Feb 2013.

ADRIFT - Walks around London

Follow the ongoing inquiry of ADRIFT. This time will Cape Farewell’s poet in residence, Tom Chivers, walk with us through London. Find out more ›

Creative Time Reports

Cape Farewell is contributing monthly a short film to Creative Time Reports; a dynamic multimedia website featuring artists around the world actively engaging in and commenting on the most pressing issues of our time.  

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Dr Carol Cotterill 2008

Carol Cotterill"Amazingly we picked a really interesting area and got some incredible results... This has been a good day. Not only have Dave and I managed to get two interesting profiles under our belt, but we have begun to raise interest amongst the artists onboard as to how they could take our work and incorporate it into theirs..." Read the full blog post by Carol Cotterill, Marine and Coastal Geoscientist, during the 2008 Art/Science Expedition ›

The Noorderlicht locked in ice at Tempelfjorden, just North of the 79th parallel, during the 2005 Art/Science Expedition
The Noorderlicht sails through sea ice during the 2007 Art/Science Expedition
The science crew taking measurements during the 2007 Art/Science Expedition
The Noorderlicht sailing off the coast of Svalbard during the 2003 Art/Science Expedition
Sailing between Lonyearbyen and Ny-Alesund, Svalbard during the 2007 Youth Expedition
In sub-zero kit at Tempelfjorden, just North of the 79th parallel, during the 2005 Art/Science Expedition
Shore walk during the 2007 Art/Science Expedition
David Buckland at the helm during the 2004 Art/Science Expedition
The Noorderlicht sailing in Arctic waters

The Noorderlicht sails through sea ice during the 2007 Art/Science Expedition.