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The Wake and Wander Podcast#1 - Skiing to the South Pole with Sunniva SorbySunniva Sorby is an expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist, speaker, and the "Godmother" of the HX Nansen, an expedition-style vessel exploring the Arctic regions. She is best known as a member of the first women's team to ski to the South Pole in 1993. She joins the podcast to discuss this harrowing, near 700-mile journey as well as her thoughts on tourism to the polar regions. Recording location: Antarctica. Read more about Sunniva:The Arctic explorers locked down in a tiny hut in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago | CNNAbout — Sunniva SorbyHome - Hear...2025-01-141h 20
The Adventure PodcastEpisode 184: Sunniva Sorby, Minor To MajorEpisode 184 of The Adventure Podcast features expedition leader, citizen scientist, and polar expert, Sunniva Sorby. Sunniva was part of the first all-female team to reach the South Pole, and has worked in Antarctica over 100 times. She recently spent 19 months living in a cabin in Svalbard. In large parts, this is a conversation about Sunniva’s life; where she comes from, where she went, how these expeditions came about and ultimately what motivated her. But Matt and Sunniva also discuss the deeper meaning of what it is she does - the purpose, the intention, and how these have changed over th...2024-07-011h 31
How We Change the WorldRevisiting: Sunniva Sorby: How a Polar Explorer Uses Citizen Science to Raise Climate Change AwarenessClick here for full show notes and photos
In 1993, Sunniva Sorby was part of the first all-women expedition team to ski across Antarctica to the South Pole. That historic journey launched a thirty-year career of wilderness adventure, eventually transforming Sunniva into a citizen scientist conducting climate change research in both the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
Along with her endeavors, Sunniva co-founded the non-profit organization, Hearts in the Ice to drive action and promote engagement in the climate change conversation.
In this episode, Sunniva shares her extraordinary experiences, including a nineteen-month overwinter in a...2024-05-291h 05
Leading from BeingEpisode 27: Climate Consciousness with Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva SorbySend us a textMarti and Todd welcome citizen scientists Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby for this inaugural episode on climate consciousness. They discuss their eyewitness experiences with climate change in the Arctic over 19 months living in a small cabin, as well as their work educating others. Key points include the disproportionate impact occurring in polar regions, the importance of individual action, and the need for people worldwide to reconnect with Nature.Despite having no modern amenities in Svalbard , Hilde and Sunniva engaged people globally and inspired action. They continue to share th...2023-12-101h 10How We Change the WorldPolar Ambassadors: At the Heart of Climate Change with Hilde Fålun Strøm“As a polar ambassador, think it's important that people know about how important these areas in the end of the world are on the North Pole, South Pole, the ice caps, the cryospheres, the white parts of our earth. I think that's a knowledge that I and Sunniva are trying to spread through our mission and our movement.” -- Hilde Fålun Strøm
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Though many imagine the North Pole perennially covered in snow, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, located just 650 miles so...2023-10-041h 15How We Change the WorldSunniva Sorby: How a Polar Explorer Uses Citizen Science to Raise Climate Change AwarenessIn 1993, Sunniva Sorby was part of the first all-women expedition team to ski across Antarctica to the South Pole. That history-making journey kicked off a thirty-year career of wilderness adventure that eventually transformed Sunniva into a citizen scientist conducting climate change research in the Antarctic and Arctic regions. (SEE FULL SHOW NOTES & PHOTOS: https://www.howwechangetheworld.co/episodes)
In this episode, Sunniva describes her nineteen-month overwinter in a remote trapper’s cabin in the Arctic she shared with Hearts in the Ice co-founder, Hilde Fålun Strøm, which they captured in a riveting book titled "Hearts in the Ice...2023-08-301h 05
Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily#223- Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby: Lessons Learned From Living Unassisted in North PoleSend us a textIt was an honor to interview Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm in my latest podcast episode. Sunniva and Hilde are both courageously bold expeditioners, and citizen scientists who just over two years ago became the first women to live unassisted at the North Pole for what was supposed to be 9 months, but due to covid ended up being 21 months. Sunniva and Hilde's work to raise global awareness around climate change is remarkable as is their journey itself. They chose to live for two winters in total isol...2023-01-271h 04
The ConversationWomen at the Polar oppositeClimate change is having a devastating impact on the North and the South Pole – melting glaciers and endangering the local wildlife. Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are monitoring these changes closely. Hilde Fålun Strøm is an explorer and citizen scientist based in Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost town in the Norwegian arctic. Hilde and her expedition partner, Sunniva Sorby, run Hearts in the Ice, a project raising awareness about climate change. In 2020 they became the first women-only team to overwinter in the High Arctic, where they gathered data for climate change research. Dr Ire...2022-09-2627 min
New World Normal13 Our Future is an ExpeditionSend us a textWhen a problem is too big for an individual to handle, it’s easy to get stuck and to feel apathetic. For instance, we can commit to curbing our plastic use by eliminating straws. However, on an individual level we also understand that this choice is only our own. The rest of the world will keep using straws. What’s the point? This is why, in nature and in society, humans occasionally require support and a like-minded collective in order to accomplish big things. In today’s episode we speak w...2022-06-0952 min
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcastSunniva Sorby’s Arctic isolationDuring the pandemic, it’s safe to say most of us spent some time self-isolating, but not quite in the way our guest today did.Polar explorer and RCGS Fellow Sunniva Sorby spent over a year and a half, including two long winters, in an uninsulated 1930 trapper’s hut on the Arctic island of Svalbard, which is halfway to the North Pole from northern Norway.Along with her Norwegian colleague, Hilde Falun Strom, they set a record with their all-women project, called Hearts in the Ice, for their time spent in their isolated outpost while doin...2022-05-3127 min
Planet in CrisisFood Systems with Helen Harwatt and Sunniva Sorby - COP26 Press ConferenceOur food system, as run today, is a major cause of the climate crisis. “We need to change production, we need to change consumption, and we need to change everything in the middle,” according to Sunniva Sorby. “Peak livestock” should be among our goals. Food systems and the climate crisis are discussed in this press conference held at COP26 in November of 2021. The panel includes Dr. Helen Harwatt, senior research fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources programme at Chatham House, and arctic ice explorer Sunniva Sorby, co-founder of Hearts in the Ice, a social media project aimed at...2022-05-0130 min
L4: Living Loud Living LongWoman Polar Explorer Sunniva Sorby on Healing Nature: Ep 5 L4As a young girl, Sunniva was fascinated by exploring places few people have seen. Her passion for learning about nature and the farthest reaches of our world despite the challenges continues to grow and motivate her make a positive impact as a teacher, explorer, and voice for change.
Sunniva tells L4 about the physical and mental challenges faced when exploring in the Polar regions, especially the Antarctic, how she continues to explore as a 50up woman and how we can all use these lessons in our lives to be resilient.
We explore how getting outside the noise of our technology...2022-04-0116 minL4: Living Loud Living LongWoman Polar Explorer Sunniva Sorby on Healing Nature: Ep 5 L4As a young girl, Sunniva was fascinated by exploring places few people have seen. Her passion for learning about nature and the farthest reaches of our world despite the challenges continues to grow and motivate her make a positive impact as a teacher, explorer, and voice for change.
Sunniva tells L4 about the physical and mental challenges faced when exploring in the Polar regions, especially the Antarctic, how she continues to explore as a 50up woman and how we can all use these lessons in our lives to be resilient.
We explore how getting outside the noise of our technology...2022-04-0116 min
District B-SidesEpisode 15 - CCAP Wrap UpJoin us for the last episode of our Climate Action series Agency in a Climate Emergency! Squamish Manager of Sustainability and Climate Change Ian Picketts is joined by guests Mayor Karen Elliott and Expeditioner Sunniva Sorby to discuss the imperative of acting on climate change including the benefits of citizen science, global challenges and local action impacts.
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Wireless NightsOn The EdgeJarvis goes into hospital for a routine procedure, and the anaesthetic gives him some very strange nocturnal visions.As Dr Ed Patrick administers the anaesthetic, Jarvis is transported far, far away. One moment he's on a Scottish lighthouse at midnight with artist and writer Peter Hill, who spent time as a lighthouse keeper in the 1970s. Then, in the blink of an eye, he's in a blizzard in the far north of Norway with Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm, who became the first women in history to overwinter solo in the Arctic. ...2021-12-1427 min
Titans as TeensSunniva Sorby - Expeditioner, Adventurer and Citizen Scientist
We have to stop living the way we’re living. Now is a perfect time to start experimenting with living differently, living a little bit more in harmony with nature and with others. Doing more giving and less taking.Sunniva Sorby
Sunniva Sorby has been on more than 100 expeditions to Antarctica. In 1993 she made history, as part of the team of the first women to reach the South Pole. She’s a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Her most recent project is called Hearts in the Ice, which she co-founded with adventurer Hilde Strø...2021-06-2358 min
Remote WorksRemote Work: Extreme Arctic EditionThere’s work from home, and then there’s remote work - emphasis on the remote. Picture living in a tiny trapper's hut built in the 1930s, with no running water and no electricity. The nearest town is 86 miles away and your nearest neighbors are polar bears. Meet Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm. This is their home office in the heart of Svalbard, Norway. Self-described polar ambassadors and citizen scientists, Sunniva and Hilde are there to inspire “global dialogue about the changes we are experiencing in the Polar Regions” and to show why climate change in these regions sh...2020-11-0422 min
Between the EarsThe Rising Sea SymphonyThe dramatic effects of climate change evoked in words, sounds and a powerful new musical work.Over four movements of rich and evocative music, the listener is transported to the front line of the climate crisis, with stories from coastal Ghana – where entire villages are being swept away by the rising sea – to Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the high arctic where the ice is melting with alarming speed. The dramatic final movement ponders two contrasting possible outcomes to the crisis. In an ambitious new work originally commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for their Between the Ears s...2020-10-1829 min
Zestful AgingHearts in the Ice -- Two Midlife Women Research Global Warming in the High ArcticEver wonder what it would be like to share a 250 square foot space with a fellow researcher in the Arctic for nine months with no electricity or running water? No Netflix, Amazon, or neighbors for 90 roadless miles? Meet Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Strom who are on a mission to contribute to the research on global warming and plastic use. They were due to return after their 9 month stay, but COVID hit. The Norweigen boat that was scheduled to pick them up stopped running. Find out more about their incredible work and see their breathtaking photos right here: HeartsintheIce.com. Find...2020-06-2733 min