In 1993, Sunniva Sorby was part of the first all-women expedition team to ski across Antarctica to the South Pole. That history-making journey kicked off a thirty-year career of wilderness adventure that eventually transformed Sunniva into a citizen scientist conducting climate change research in the Antarctic and Arctic regions. (SEE FULL SHOW NOTES & PHOTOS: https://www.howwechangetheworld.co/episodes)
In this episode, Sunniva describes her nineteen-month overwinter in a remote trapper’s cabin in the Arctic she shared with Hearts in the Ice co-founder, Hilde Fålun Strøm, which they captured in a riveting book titled "Hearts in the Ice: The Adventures of the First Two Women to Overwinter Solo in Svalbard." For their next project, “By the North, For the North", Hearts in the Ice will engage in multiple projects with the indigenous Inuit people of Cambridge Bay, Canada, located on the furthermost north region of Canada. Learn More.
“We do need people to understand that we are living in a way that's not sustainable. We are taking far more from each other and from everything than we really need.” -- Sunniva Sorby
In this episode we discuss:
• Sunniva’s history-making expedition to the South Pole.
• Lessons learned from being part of an expeditionary team.
• How the outdoor world has been her teacher and guide.
• What it means to be a Citizen Scientist.
• 19-months of “overwintering” in a remote polar cabin.
• The value of collaboration and community to make change.
• The real changes we need to make as humans to help resolve climate change and other crises.
• The internal and external challenges of isolation.
• Hearts in the Ice Upcoming Expedition in Cambridge Bay.
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