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GreenShift is a podcast from Skift that focuses on climate change and travel. Each week, Climate Reporter Darin Graham will report on innovations and challenges across the travel industry and speak to industry leaders and thinkers.
Haukur Einarsson, founder of Glacier Adventure in Iceland, knows the reality of glacier melt all too well. Over the years, he’s built a base camp, hotel, restaurant, guesthouses, and a glacier museum.
“I have seen dramatic changes since I started working here. I can stand with a group and just point out where the glacier used to be,” he told Skift. “I can explain to tourists how 10 years ago there was a beautiful ice cave there. Then I point and there's two and a half to three kilometers further of empty land. The glacier has melted that much in 10 years.”
You can read a story that provides additional background here: Iceland’s Glaciers Are Shrinking: What's the Risk to Tourism?
You can follow all of Skift’s coverage of travel and climate at our Climate Hub.
Note: Skift’s in-depth reporting on climate issues is made possible through the financial support of Intrepid Travel. This backing allows Skift to bring you high-quality journalism on one of the most important topics facing our planet today. Intrepid is not involved in any decisions made by Skift’s editorial team.
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By SkiftGreenShift is a podcast from Skift that focuses on climate change and travel. Each week, Climate Reporter Darin Graham will report on innovations and challenges across the travel industry and speak to industry leaders and thinkers.
Haukur Einarsson, founder of Glacier Adventure in Iceland, knows the reality of glacier melt all too well. Over the years, he’s built a base camp, hotel, restaurant, guesthouses, and a glacier museum.
“I have seen dramatic changes since I started working here. I can stand with a group and just point out where the glacier used to be,” he told Skift. “I can explain to tourists how 10 years ago there was a beautiful ice cave there. Then I point and there's two and a half to three kilometers further of empty land. The glacier has melted that much in 10 years.”
You can read a story that provides additional background here: Iceland’s Glaciers Are Shrinking: What's the Risk to Tourism?
You can follow all of Skift’s coverage of travel and climate at our Climate Hub.
Note: Skift’s in-depth reporting on climate issues is made possible through the financial support of Intrepid Travel. This backing allows Skift to bring you high-quality journalism on one of the most important topics facing our planet today. Intrepid is not involved in any decisions made by Skift’s editorial team.
Connect with Skift
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/
WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/
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