“Since 2021, the B.I.G. Expedition team under the leadership of British Polar Explorer, Felicity Aston MBE, have been making annual ski journeys across the Arctic region to collect valuable scientific data about Arctic ice and snow – BEFORE IT’S GONE.

The Arctic region is experiencing climate and environmental change more rapidly than anywhere else on the planet, meaning our opportunity to measure and record many of the unique Arctic landscapes and processes which are fundamental to so much of the world’s climate systems has never been more vital or more urgent.

Working with key scientific collaborators, the expedition is gathering data that will be made freely available to researchers using open access datasets, as well as being used in a number of studies to further understanding of the Arctic and the changes being observed. These studies are being undertaken by institutions in the UK, the US and beyond, and include investigations of airborne microplastics, heavy metal pollution, black carbon, arctic clouds, albedo and snow depth as well as psychology in extreme environments.”

- The B.I.G. North Pole Official site