Media From the Expeditions

Explore the galleries of images, sound and video gathered on the expeditions 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

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. Watch video clips and view the extensive library of images on the expedition website.
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Expedition IV

Youth Expedition 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. Watch video reports from the crew and view the library of images on the expedition website.
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Expedition III

Art/Science Expedition 2005

Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

Cape Farewell embarked on their third fieldwork 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

Circumnavigating Spitsbergen

The second Cape Farewell expedition launched on September 10 2004 from Longyearbyen. Taking almost 3 weeks the crew 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

Tromsø to Spitsbergen

The first Cape Farewell 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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