Blogs

Explore the expedition blogs and extensive galleries of image, sound and video gathered on the voyages to experience the incredible environment of melting ice and changing landscape.

Expedition VII

Disko Bay Expedition 2008
25 September - 6 October 2008

Disko Bay, Greenland

In September 2008 Cape Farewell returned to Greenland to continue the work started in 2007. The crew of artists, scientists, architects, comedians, musicians, film-makers and journalists journeyed aboard the science research vessel – Grigory Mikheev, from Kangerlussuaq to the spectacular Disko Bay. The boat then sailed across the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, one of Greenland's largest glaciers moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day.
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Expedition VI

Youth Expedition 2008
7 September - 20 September 2008

Cape Farewell - Baffin Island

In conjunction with British Council Canada, Cape Farewell launched its second Youth Expedition in September 2008. The international crew of 28 young people, educators, artists and scientists is sailed to Cape Farewell before crossing to West Greenland and finishing on Baffin Island.
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Expedition V

Art/Science Expedition 2007
23 September - 10 October 2007

Longyearbyen - Greenland - Iceland

Cape Farewell's fourth Art/Science Expedition - its most ambitious expedition to date - attempted to sail across the 78th parallel to eastern Greenland, a passage only made possible due to the melting sea ice. Taking almost three weeks the crew crossed the north Atlantic to the extreme frontline of climate change, then sailed south to explore East Greenland’s Blosseville Coast.  The expedition was made in the spirit of a truly joint endeavor between the international arts and science communities, with 7 nationalities represented onboard, including writer Vikram Seth, comedian Marcus Brigstocke, artists Amy Balkin, Brian Jungen, Shiro Takatini and musician Liam Frost.
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Expedition IV

Youth Expedition 2007
14 - 23 September 2007

Longyearbyen - Ny-Alesund - Longyearbyen

In September 2007, Cape Farewell launched its first international Youth Expedition, voyaging north of the 78th parallel to the fragile extremes of Svalbard with twelve students from Germany, Canada and the UK to investigate and raise awareness of the impacts of climate change. In a landmark arts, science and media project the young people worked alongside artist Dan Harvey, Professor Mark Maslin and others to develop scientific and creative projects. Watch video reports and read the daily daily blogs and live QA sessions broadcast live from the Arctic.
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Expedition III

Art/Science Expedition 2005
6-11 March 2005

Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

Cape Farewell embarked on their third Art/Science Expedition on the 6 of March 2005 where they joined the Noorderlicht locked in ice at Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen just north of the 79th parallel. For 6 days the crew of 20 artists, scientists and journalists, including novelist Ian McEwan, artists Antony Gormley and Rachel Whiteread and choreographer Siobhan Davies, experienced the arctic environment in extreme temperatures of -30°C.
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Expedition II

Art/Science Expedition 2004
10 - 26 September 2004

Circumnavigating Spitsbergen

The second Cape Farewell Art/Science Expedition launched on September 10 2004 from Longyearbyen. Taking almost 3 weeks the crew, including BBC Radio 4's Quentin Cooper and artists Alex Hartley and Gautier Deblonde, circumnavigated Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago, aboard the Noorderlicht - sailing almost as far North as possible.
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Expedition I

Art/Science Expedition 2003
28 May - 8 June 2003

Tromsø to Spitsbergen

The first Cape Farewell Art/Science Expedition set sail on May 28 2003 aboard the Noorderlicht, on a voyage from Tromsø to Spitsbergen via Bear Island. The crew, including artist Gary Hume and novelist Gretel Ehrlich, sailed 200 miles along the ice sheets before reaching the fiords of Southern Spitsbergen, which had just opened after the winter ice.
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