Expedition Mind, Season 4 Expeditions 014 and 015 Begin
The challenges of integrating the Expedition Mind with the Big Picture Mind are never as acute as in the months just before departure.
David Conover
Season 3 Findings
Washed Ashore. As someone who spends a lot of time on or near the sea, I am obliged to pass along the following update -before sharing the plan for ArcticEarth 2024 & 2025 (below).
Expeditions 006 to 010
ArcticEarth SOUTH- After last winter’s decision to position the boat in the outer ranges of the Gulf of Maine in 2023, we set to it in June, with the first of four purpose-driven collaborative expeditions. All four trips allowed opportunities to connect the narrative dots within the larger bio-region of the northwest Atlantic (Maine to Greenland and Canada) that we call home. In 8 months, we will return to the NORTH, exploring both the west and east coasts of Greenland.
Season 2, Expedition 002
Expedition 002 was with my production company Compass Light. After Expedition 001 with our partners at the Climate Change Institute (UMaine), we sailed to Qaqortoq to meet with the visionary and energetic Sarah Woodall (travel sector) and her team at INNOVATION South Greenland. What a great town!
Season 2, Expedition 001
ArcticEarth’s first charter is with the Climate Change Institute of UMaine, led by Paul Mayewski. Paul’s team’s goal over the next 10-11 days is to collect at least 50 coastal water samples in southwest Greenland, and define a baseline chemistry that will help Greenlanders and others track and understand future human impact in the area.
Arctic and Earth Day
Thoughts about Earth Day and the Arctic, plus an interview with 26-year old Inuk filmmaker Marc Fossing Rosbach of Nuuk, upon the release of his new Sci-Fi Horror film Imajuik.
Season 2 Ahead
How does BLUE become YELLOW? Changing colors reveal stories. The cool deep BLUES of the Northwest Atlantic are the home waters of the s/v ArcticEarth. They are surrounded by the warmer YELLOWS and the hotter REDS. ArcticEarth’s winter port is in Maine, at the thermal edge, in the midst of severe and dramatic change. Just a few months ago (Sept, Oct, and Nov), this water temperature averaged 59.9°F, the hottest autumn in recorded history, more than 4°F above the long-term average.
Season 1, Prepping the Vessel
A productive summer and fall on board the s/v ArcticEarth is slowly yielding to the cool quiets of late fall and early winter. This morning’s air temperature is 5°F in Qaanaaq, Greenland’s northernmost settlement on the west coast. Here on the Maine coast, it is a balmy 46°F, amidst the wet winds of an autumn …