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galyamorrell
galyamorrell
Galya Morrell is a polar explorer and environmental artist, who has lived and traveled in the Arctic for over 30 years. She and her husband, Greenlandic explorer and actor Ole Jorgen Hammeken, divide their time between New York City and Greenland.
Barneo Canceled Again
On Friday, March 21, the sun finally returned to...
March 24, 2025
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Barneo: Will the North Pole Camp Finally, Finally Run Again This Year?
I opened the Barneo Ice Camp website today, and...
February 12, 2025
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Making Sense of Donald Trump Jr.’s Visit to Greenland
It was like the circus had come to town....
January 11, 2025
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How North Pole Huts Ended Up in Greenland
A couple of weeks ago, the North Pole/Barneo ice...
April 26, 2024
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Barneo Is On This Year, But Do You Want To Go?
An insider's view of what's happening with the famous...
March 14, 2024
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Breaking Ice Ceilings: Metelitsa, the Trailblazing Women Polar Skiers of the 1970s
An all-female team of Soviet women in fur hats...
December 13, 2023
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Canada to Greenland Swim Falls Short
Last week, TV personality Justin Fornal couldn't boat through...
August 21, 2022
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35 Years Ago Today: Lynne Cox’s World-Changing Swim Across the Bering Strait
Thirty-five years ago, during the Cold War, American endurance...
August 6, 2022
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Behind Those Viral Polar Bear Images: Photographer Dmitry Kokh Tells How He Took Them
In the last week, haunting images of polar bears...
February 1, 2022
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Great Explorers: Suersaq, aka Hans Hendrik
Hans Henrik was an unusual polar explorer. He went...
January 26, 2022
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The Inside Story of Barneo, the Floating Ice Camp Near the North Pole
The North Pole season, based out of the floating...
February 14, 2021
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Preparations for 2018 Barneo North Pole Ice Camp are in full swing
Ice camp Barneo doesn’t have an address: the GPS...
March 31, 2018
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