Allison Cusick | Polar Ecologist Allison is from Seattle, Washington, and now lives in California pursuing her Ph.D. at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. She studies phytoplankton in polar fjords and manages the citizen science project FjordPhyto, engaging travellers in cutting edge research understanding how melting glaciers influences the first level of life […]
Sheila Watt Cloutier | Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Author. Environmental, Cultural, and Human Rights Advocate. Sheila Watt-Cloutier was born in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik (northern Quebec), and was raised traditionally in her early years before attending school in southern Canada and in Churchill, Manitoba. She is the past Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), the organization […]
Sefra Alexandra - The Seed Huntress – an ethnobotanist on a perennial expedition to preserve and restore the flora of wildlands through the conservation of seed. What do Seeds have to do with Bio-Diversity? As a fellow of the Crop Trust, Sefra highlighted the vital role the global seed banking system – the Genebank Platform […]
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm | Hearts In The Ice Founders The Hearts in the Ice team will be here for the week to meet the community and explore possibilities for a Community based project next year. Cambridge Bay ( population :1766) is a place that has experienced Climate Change is many personal ways. […]
Ignacio Oficialdegui, Sunniva Sorby, and Wilson Wai Yin Cheung | Explorer's Club 50 Visionaries The first episode of The 2022 Explorers 50 Speaker Series, supported by Rolex, kicks-off on Wednesday, October 12th at 7pm with “Visionaries”. This episode brings together experts from around the world and from various disciplines who have explored some of our world’s […]
Join Hilde and Sunniva live from the Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland, with special guest Climate Activist Iluuna Sorensen This is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic and our Planet. We are here in preparation for the launch of our future Arctic Canada project. The presenters and the […]
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm | Leaders, Hearts In The Ice Join Hearts in the Ice Live From a Tundra Buggy in the Polar Bear Capital of Canada! We will explore more about Polar Bears, how they live, hunt, sleep and thrive! Polar bear season in Churchill has begun and for the first time […]
Sunniva Sorby & Hilde Fålun Strøm | Leaders, Hearts In The Ice Join Hearts in the Ice as we Unpack Climate Change and Search for Super Heroes November 11th @ 12:00pm eastern Just like all of you, Hilde and Sunniva are back in school! Learning is a life-long thing right? We believe people everywhere […]
Alyssa McCall | Director of Conservation Outreach/Staff Scientist for Polar Bears International. Join Hearts in the Ice and Alysa McCall-Director of Conservation Outreach/Staff Scientist for Polar Bears International. There is so much we know about Polar bears and so much we don’t. Join us as we broadcast live from Toronto, Canada. “The decisions we make […]
Jon Aars, PHD| Ecologist Join Hilde and Sunniva to learn all about polar bears in Svalbard with Dr. Jon Aars, a senior researcher who is responsible for the polar bear research program at the Norwegian Polar Institute. Jon spends a lot of time in the field, which is his favorite thing about his job! He […]
Sunniva Sorby & Hilde Fålun Strøm | HITI Founders and Polar Ambassadors In 2021 Sunniva and Hilde were invited to be godmothers for the world's first Battery-Hybrid Expedition Cruise ship - the MS Fridtjof Nansen. For the first time ever they will be onboard the vessel leaving Ushuaia Argentina and sailing to Antarctica. They will […]
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm | Polar Ambassadors and Founders of Hearts In The Ice Join us as we celebrate International Polar Bear Day with Hilde and Sunniva from Hearts in the Ice and Polar Bears International! During the 19 months that HITI were in Svalbard they followed a special Polar bear called N26131 […]