Scientific Project
Beyond the sport challenge, the two adventurers collaborate with scientists for climate research :
ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM
The ROB will be able to calibrate ice sheet elevation models and satellites data in Greenland by placing a Septentrio GNSS receiver on the adventurers' pulkas during their traverse of the inlandsis.
UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
The ULB wants to study the dust contribution to algae growth and extension on the Greenland Ice Sheet and its accelerated melting by collecting snow and cryoconite samples. Furthermore, scientists will assess the impact of microplastics on remote seawater along the Greenland east coast.
