Greenland

The Arctic has been a focus of much debate over the past several years. The threat of climate change has brought the North Pole, and its tenuous fate, into sharp focus for all the world to see. The melting glaciers and starving polar bears are regularly covered in the news and serve as grim reminders of global warming.

But there is more to the Arctic that deserves to be seen, experienced, and remembered. There is beauty and wonder to be found in the magical landscapes and creatures that exist here. Over the course of my journey from Reykjavik, Iceland to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, I will cross over the Arctic Circle and back, visiting the communities of people that live in some of the northern most parts of our world and learning about how climate change is altering the landscape of their countries and of their lives and what their hopes are for the future.

An enormous thank you to Lindblad Expeditions for so generously inviting me to join their voyage to the Arctic aboard their amazing new ship, the National Geographic Explorer, so that I could do research for my book and experience this extraordinary place for myself. I also want to thank Canon for their support and the exceptional equipment they provided for the trip.

For more information on this expedition, start reading posts from Day 1.