About the Expeditions
Since 2003, Cape Farewell has led eight expeditions to the Arctic including two Youth Expeditions run in collaboration with the British Council. Each expedition was spectacular and unique in its own way.
The aim of each expedition is to inspire the artists, musicians, play-writes, comics, educators, teachers and young people who travel with us to respond in some way and make work which engages audiences with climate change and ultimately help achieve a cultural shift that embraces sustainable lifestyles.
In 2009 launched the first ever Cape Farewell expedition outside of the Arctic to the Andes in Peru in collaboration with the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University.
Aims
- Cape Farewell aims to bring education, science and the arts together through adventure and environmental awareness.
- Undertake a inspirational voyage to hot-spots of climate change as the Arctic and the Andes and to destinations nearer to home and vital for any change.
- Disseminate current thinking and information about ocean science to as broad a public as possible through science, arts, education and the media
- Employ the web and a rich variety of media to excite the public into a deeper understanding of ocean currents and their direct relationship to global warming
- Work with scientific community to develop new ways to communicate recent oceanographic discoveries utilising interactive web design, video graphics and games and artistic projects
- Work with artists to produce powerful visual events to capture public attention and inform
Latest News
High Arctic Film Weekend
An exciting programme of feature films, documentaries and rare archive material around the Arctic
Dew Line Concert
Cape Farewell North America makes its public debut on 10 Nov in Toronto - tickets on sale now
SHORTCOURSE / UK
A surrogate art school of sorts, hosting a series of unconventional, rural and urban expeditions, including a series of expeditions this October exploring London's infrastructure of water.
U-n-f-o-l-d Events
Follow the exciting series of lectures and events around U-n-f-o-l-d live or via podcast.
Cape Farewell North America
Cape Farewell launches in North America
Ecocide Trial
Can ecocide be considered a crime against peace? Follow the UK Supreme Court's mock trial on 30 Sept.
U-n-f-o-l-d Exhibition
Continuing it's tour in the US, our exquisite new exhibition U-n-f-o-l-d heads to New York, showing at Parsons The New School for Design until 15 Dec. Find out more ›
David Buckland speaking at SXSW Eco
The South By Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, has extended it's programme to SXSW Eco, focusing on the environment, the economy, and civil society, 4-6 Oct 2011. Find out more ›
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Dr Simon Boxall 2004 / 78°N 11.5°E
"Then the big event, to find existence of remnants of Gulf Stream water. This was the point at which the scientist's popularity with the artists was put to its test as we pushed out into the heavy swell of the Arctic Sea..."
Read the full blog post by oceanographer Simon Boxall from the 2004 expedition ›
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