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Northern Lights

Sunand Prasad and Northern Lights
Sunand Prasad and Northern Lights as we return along Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Big Fjord).

  • By Sunand Prasad
  • Sunday 5 Oct, 22:51
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Cabin chaos


Cabin chaos (representing the general state of the boat). Matt Wainwright edits video for the website hours before we leave the Grigory Mikheev in Kangerlussuaq.

World’s first Arctic beatbox battle

Shlomo prepares for the world's first Arctic beatbox battle. Photo: Nathan Gallagher
Shlomo prepares for the world’s first Arctic beatbox battle.

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  • Sunday 5 Oct, 18:26
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Returning South


The complete 2008 Disko Bay Expedition crew. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

The Wainwright’s (plus Ryuichi)

Investigating the affects of global warming - Some of the crew

Matt, Chris and Martha Wainwright – by strange coincidence over 15% of the crew were Wainwright’s (and weren’t related).

Robyn Hitchcock on deck

Robyn Hitchcock playing guitar aboard the Grigory Mikheev
Robyn Hitchcock on the deck of the Grigory Mikheev as we return South towards Kangerlussuaq.

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  • Sunday 5 Oct, 14:02
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Ryuichi Sakamoto and Sam Collins

Ryuichi Sakamoto with Sam Collins discussing how climate change affects the Arctic
Ryuichi Sakamoto with Sam Collins.

  • By Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • Sunday 5 Oct, 13:29
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Paradise Lost

This is the story of Paradise lost,
Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe…

Jude Kelly directs Paradise Lost on a climate change expedition
Jude Kelly directs Paradise Lost in the ship’s mess.

  • By Jude Kelly
  • Sunday 5 Oct, 11:05
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Phytoplankton and Aurora Borealis

Journalist Quentin Cooper is onboard reporting the effects of global warming in the Arctic

BBC Radio 4 The Material World journalist Quentin Cooper photographed at midnight as he watches phytoplankton dancing in the wash of the Grigory Mikheev, against a backdrop of Northern Lights.

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  • Sunday 5 Oct, 00:47
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Cabin gigs

Suzan-Lori Parks playing guitar while on a climate change expedition to the Arctic
In our cabin/studio/temporary home onboard the Grigory Mikheev as we head south for Kangerlussuaq. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto's last look at Greenland as the climate change expedition draws to a close
Ryuichi Sakamoto photographed on the bridge of the Grigory Mikheev as we sail towards Kangerlussuaq, along the West coast of Greenland. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Teresa

Teresa Elwes looks at the retreating glaciers from a port hole
Teresa Elwes on the lookout for whales as we sail back towards Kangerlussuaq along the West coast of Greenland.

  • By Teresa Elwes
  • Saturday 4 Oct, 15:20
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