In September 2007 Cape Farewell launches two new expeditions to the Arctic, its first ever Youth Expedition and its fourth Art Science Expedition. You can follow their progress live from the Arctic at voyage.capefarewell.com.

Youth

Expedition: 14-23 September 2007
Voyaging from Longyearbyen – NyAlesund - Longyearbyen
During the first ever youth voyage, the team will be voyaging north of the 79th parallel to the fragile extremes of Svalbard in the High Arctic with twelve students from Germany, Canada and the UK to investigate and raise awareness of the impacts of climate change.

In a landmark arts, science and media project the young people will work alongside artist Dan Harvey, Professor Mark Maslin of University College London’s Environment Institute and others to develop scientific and creative projects.

The students will live, work and help sail the 100-year old sailing schooner The Noorderlicht, working on subjects such as changing weather patterns and retreating glaciers. Youth expedition leaders, teacher and filmmaker Colin Izod and science teacher and choreographer Suba Subramanian, together with onboard artists, scientists and educators will mentor and support the development of the projects. Daily video reports, blogs, webcams and message boards will be sent live from the boat to voyage.capefarewell.com and screens at Southbank Centre in London and the Eden Project, Cornwall. The projects that the young people develop, both at sea and with their schools, will become an international educational resource.



Greenland

Expedition: 23 September – 10 October 2007
Location: Longyearbyen – Greenland - Iceland
Cape Farewell’s art and science voyage – its most ambitious expedition to date - attempts to sail the 78th parallel to eastern Greenland, a passage only made possible due to the melting sea ice. Taking over two weeks (23 September – 10 October), the expedition will cross the north Atlantic to the extreme frontline of climate change before sailing south to Scoresby Sund in Greenland. This expedition brings together writer Vikram Seth, comedian Marcus Brigstocke, artists Amy Balkin, Kathy Barber, David Buckland, Beth Derbyshire, Dan Harvey, William Hunt and Brian Jungen and journalist Benjamin Jervey. Dr Simon Boxall of the National Oceanography Centre and his team will continue monitoring the robustness of the Gulf Stream and a media team lead by acclaimed environmental photographer and filmmaker, Nick Cobbing, will document the expedition and the most recent impacts of climate change.

Further Information
Please visit voyage.capefarewell.com for further information

LATEST NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC

Using the latest satellite communication equipment and the capabilities of the internet, a worldwide audience will be able to follow the Cape Farewell crew. Daily blogs, images, scientific data and video reports will be broadcast from the Arctic.

IPY has linked up with Cape Farewell and their live Arctic feed voyage.capefarewell.com to bring you the latest news


Cape Farewell in the future
Southbank Centre and the Eden Project are Cape Farewell’s two major UK partners, 2007-10. Cape Farewell will present work at both sites over the next three years and play a vital part in the development of their creative and environmental agendas. Working with an expanding group of partners, including the British Council and Barbican Art Gallery, Cape Farewell is working to deliver its work to a national and international audience at this critical time for the planet.


Research and inspiration taken from the 2007 Greenland expedition will feed into Cape Farewell’s work with Southbank Centre and the Eden Project over the next three years. New and arresting artworks will be shown at both sites and will tour internationally in the US (Chicago and New York) and in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Nunavut). In 2006 Art from the Arctic was produced and broadcast to 476,000 in the UK. In 2007 it has been shown at film festivals across the World, twice on the Sundance Channel in the US and globally on BBC World to a collective global audience of over 10 million. The on board media team on the Greenland expedition will shoot footage to be developed into a feature film for theatrical release worldwide.
With British Council Canada, Cape Farewell is planning a sixth expedition for 2008. This voyage will circumnavigate Baffin Island and an even wider group of international students, educators, artists and scientists will be invited to join. Cape Farewell aims to involve as many as possible in the matter of climate change. It aims to inspire people to take a creative approach to developing the solutions necessary to tackle the issue.

Further Information

Please visit voyage.capefarewell.com for further information