Renowned writer, researcher and adventurer Bernice Notenboom has had some serious highs and lows in the past two years. On January 12 2008, she became the first Dutch woman to reach the South Pole. During her month-long expedition, Bernice and her team studied the effects of climate change on the ice, snow and glaciers of Antarctica. This spring, with the support of a Polartec Challenge Grant, Bernice summitted Everest and collected data on the effects of climate change on the mountain for her project Himalaya Alert.
The below video features some of the stunning (and sometimes frightening) scenery Bernice has encountered at the bottom of the world, and the top. The dialogue is in Dutch at the beginning, but switches to English at the 2:30 mark. It’s definitely worth watching and seeing first-hand the effects climate change has had on some of Earth’s harshest environments.
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