Dr Steve Carver led an expedition to the Noret Inlet, Mestersvig, Greenland to examine environmental change using sediment cores. Student John Woodward and Andrew Bainbridge go for a cruise on the Noret Inlet. Work in areas like this helps us understand if present climate change is normal. Home for four weeks.
Comforts can be minimal in some fieldwork areas.
Dr Carver loading a rifle. Polar bears are one of the few creatures that will actively hunt humans as food, so bear-scarers and a rifle are absolute necessities. The bears are a protected species so rifles are only used in the case of a dangerous attack.