Last summer was amazing for me as I was privileged to accompany some Discover the World clients on an incredible voyage Around Spitsbergen. This trip really has whetted my appetite for anything to do with the Arctic and I have been following with great interest the adventures of Pen Hadlow and the Polar Explorers on their mission to measure the thickness of the sea ice. They have now completed their Arctic quest. Their initial findings would indicate that the sea ice is melting earlier, is thinner and as it is mainly first year ice there is a real danger that it might melt altogether.
With climate change and the plight of this fragile eco system on the geography and science agenda it is really important that this kind of research and intrepid researchers do all they can to highlight these issues. Nearer to home, we take many students to Iceland to see the glaciers and to give them an insight to climate change, receding glaciers and the cold environment.
Lorraine
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