Life on Ice

An Alaskan couple takes on North America's largest tidewater glacier to learn about global warming, trekking with their toddler and baby. Hig, Erin, Katmai (2 years), and Lituya (9 months) journey over a hundred miles across the icy lobe of Malaspina Glacier and along the storm-battered north Pacific coast. Over the course of two months in the wilderness, they weathered the fall storms of Alaska's remote and harsh Lost Coast, lugged 50 pounds of kids across rubble fields, ice, and beaches, and explored climate change in action. From dramatic coastal erosion to newborn lakes and disappearing rivers, this 1000 square mile glacier is one of the most dynamic places in the world. Along with the challenges, their experience is defined by this extraordinary glacier - the last of dying breed - and by the day-to-day of living as a family in dynamic wilderness.

This free 50 minute slideshow presentation will depict their fall 2011 adventure in photos, videos, and stories. It will also include reflections from some of their previous journeys, including their epic year-long trek from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands in far western Alaska. Look forward to photos of forests growing on moving ice, super-cooled springs, and the unparalleled thousand square mile surface of Malaspina Glacier. Hig will bring their titanium woodstove, family-sized packraft, and hand-darned barefoot-style running shoes for the audience to check out.

For pictures and more information, please check out the link below:

http://groundtruthtrekking.org/PhotoGroups/malaspina-life-on-ice/

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