Alpine Adventure

Adventure images from European Alps, Antarctic and Arctic expeditions
An heterogenous selection of photos from all kinds of wild adventures - polar travel, bivouacs, scientific research, hiking and more

Dragging pulks back over the sea ice to Kulusuk at sunset, East Greenland
Having left Kulusuk by boat we spent two weeks ski touring and climbing summits in the Schweizerland Alps of East Greenland. We carried all our food, tents and gear in pulks when we moved between different base camps. These started out about 40kg each and diminished to about 20kg by the end of the trip. Here at sunset we are on the last stretch of sea ice on our return back to the village.
Aurora Borealis over camp, East Greenland
We were camped or several nights here. We were heading off to sleep when one of the most vivid aurora borealis displays I have ever seen erupted across the sky! One day soon sensors will be powerful enough to capture this in real time video.. for now long exposure still images do a pretty good job though!

Carl Alvey and Emma Kelty on the way to South Pole, Antarctica

Bivouac at Lac de Mya, Beaufortain, France

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