Ellen & Donna

In search of Sedna, and our quest for truth about climate change we left the Mothership on August 16 and flew out of Albuquerque this morning. We are currently in the Atlanta airport, mid route to Montreal where we will meet our travel companions and fly together to Kangerlussuaq,Greenland.

In Greenland, we begin our explorations by ship, traveling up the coast of Western Greenland and then across the Northwest Passage to Nome, Alaska. The Arctic is without question a political hot spot. We look forward to visiting remote communities in Western Greenland and remote arctic communities.

Weather and sea ice can rapidly change to impact your exploration in unforeseen ways. Scientific reports we’ve read and documentaries we’ve watched are beautiful and heart wrenching. We know that it has been the hottest summer on record in many parts of the world and that the ice sheets are melting far more rapidly than predicted. The people of the far north are experiencing habitat loss, environment toxicity, regime shifts, and melting glaciers leading to climate change refuges. It takes time to prepare physically and emotionally. When you travel to remote unpopulated parts of the world it is not possible to pick up a forgotten essential, but what in fact is essential as you try to pack for your journey to Sedna’s lands.