Andreas Björkman

Dec 17, 2024 | sustonmagazine.com | Gabriel Arthur |Jonathan Eidse |Andreas Björkman

Posted at December 17, 2024, 11:49h in Adventures, Climate, Destinations, Planet With Arctic temperatures rising four times faster than the global average, the ice of the widest glacier front in the northern hemisphere, Bråsvell Glacier in Svalbard, is retreating at an alarming rate. Roie Galitz wants the world to see it.

Nov 29, 2024 | sustonmagazine.com | Andreas Björkman |Martina Wengenmeir |Katy Stevens

The Bråsvell Glacier on Svalbard’s Nordaustlandet is the widest glacier front in the northern hemisphere, but rapid changes are threatening its existence. Photographer Roie Galitz shares his observations of this vulnerable landscape. At 45 kilometers, the Bråsvell Glacier, located on Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, boasts the widest glacier front in the northern hemisphere. This natural wonder is part of Austfonna, the world’s third-largest ice sheet, covering over half the island.

Nov 28, 2024 | sustonmagazine.com | Andreas Björkman |Gabriel Arthur |Jordan Wright |Johanna Fraenkel

Litter on the summit of Mount Everest has attracted media attention for many years. But the trash left behind by trekkers in the surrounding national park is just as big an environmental problem. The Nepalese project Sagarmartha Next aims to tackle it through better waste management, recycling, and making art out of the tourists’ trash. When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, the duo became the first ever to climb the world’s highest mountain.