For two weeks, openDemocracy’s Globalisation editor, Caspar Henderson, was on board the 93-year old ship “The Noorderlicht” – sailing to the Arctic in an innovative expedition that fused art, film and science to monitor and communicate the impact of global warming. Here we present some of the pictures he took, as well as some by fellow voyager Dan Harvey.
Sailing to Ultima Thule – The Noorderlicht approaches Bear Island shortly before 1am
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
Shore party from the Noorderlicht at Hornsund
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
Harbour Seal sunbathing near La Recherche glacier
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
A rock sliced apart by harsh winter frost
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
Walruses at Richardlaguna, Prins Karls Forland
Photo credit: Dan Harvey
Whale rib and partly restored seventeenth century hut. Decay is very slow in the Arctic
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
Spitsbergen landscape
Photo credit: Caspar Henderson
Whaling boats untouched since the 1920s and the last great Beluga hunts
Photo credit: Dan Harvey
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Cape Farewell: an Arctic diary - the account in words of the voyage of The Noorderlicht
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