Over the last years, we've met some of these scientists over in Tasiilaq.  Talking to Georg, warming fjord tempatures have certainly been a growing problem for the local hunters in that there are now areas where it's only very rarely possible to travel by dogsled.  Georg recounted that, at age 17, he used to drive his dogs out to hunt on the outer reaches of Ammassallik fjord, something never done nowadays.  

Whilst we've had some bad ice years in the last ten, we've also had some great ones; the time Georg, Lars Bianco and I (Matt writing this time!), managed to take the icecap equipment and food over from Kulusuk to Tasiilaq by dogsled, one of the first of such trips in something like 15 years.  On the East Coast, we're getting used to the unusual.



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Over the last year, we've been working together with Australian photographer/cinematographer Murray Fredericks to help him get some incredible images and footage.  He's been up on the edge of the Icecap and also explored the fjords.  We've just received the following links; none of us have seen the Aurora Borealis captured so beautifully:

 

Nothing On Earth 1min Teaser from Murray Fredericks on Vimeo.

 

Aurora Time-Lapse East Greenland from Murray Fredericks on Vimeo.

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After a late finish on Lucky Streak the night before, Kris Munckel, a talented young climber from Florida, and I headed for a dash up Cathedral Peak and the subsidiary summit, Eichorn's Pinnacle. Classic low grade alpine rock climbing that we could run up in Scarpa approach shoes with a light rack and one rope.

Matt and Kris Munckel on the summit of Cathedral Peak
 

This past October was my first time in Yosemite, so I had both a lot to do and learn.  After a summer of UK trad climbing and expedition work in East Greenland (and next to no time clipping bolts on sport routes), my head was in the right space for run-outs and complex ropework but the big unknown was always going to be the infamous jamming and offwidth cracks of the Valley.  First up was the moderate classic Central Pillar of Frenzy with my good friends Michiel and Rixt - bit of a change of scene since our last climbing together, huh Michiel?!  Pitch upon pitch of magic cracks, from fingers up to offwidth.  Loved it!  Next up was one of the most monumental rain/thunderstorms I've ever experienced; it seemed to travel in a tight circle above our campsite...

Lucky Streak, Fairview Dome