PADDLING EPHEMERAL Searching for Greenland's supraglacial lakes by SUP

Greenland sits between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, a land of extremes and contrasts. Harsh, yet beautiful. Unforgiving and inspiring. Yet Greenland's life, culture, and landscape are at a pivotal crux, changing alongside a melting ice sheet. Jean-Luc Grossman, Justin Hession, and Pascal Richard of Planet Visible, joined by Simone Talfourd, document and explore Greenland's ephemeral nature on a 450 km SUP self-support expedition in search of supraglacial lakes.

Simone Talfourd

Istare up at the never-ending slope of ice looming large in front of us, trying to discern if I have a good or bad gut feeling or no feelings whatsoever. As we tie the figure-of-eight loops into our harnesses, I find myself rubbing the tiny brown toy horse I carry in my pocket that belongs to my nephew. While I am used to assessing risk, especially out on the water, I am unfamiliar with assessing risk on ice, and the uncertainty is daunting. We are very remote, with a real chance of both crevasses and moulins, with no room for error. The ground crunches beneath our crampons as we begin the climb, one step at a time. At the crest of the hill, I stop to scan the horizon. In…

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