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What do asteroids and the Arctic have in common?
At first glance, asteroids, comets and the Arctic may appear to have little in common. However, they are not as different as they might appear. In this blog, Samuele Zannoni, our new engineering intern, writes about exploring these commonalities through his work at Arctic Reflections. I graduated in Space Engineering at Politecnico di Milano last year,…
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Insetting our carbon footprint with FincoEnergies
After concluding a successful field test in Newfoundland, Canada, where we were researching how we can preserve the thinning Arctic sea ice, we have been working with our partner FincoEnergies to inset all our emissions. This includes the emission from our flights (much of our team is based in Delft, The Netherlands), the emissions from the field…
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Now available: Research Summary Report of Svalbard fied test 2024
In April 2024 we conducted a field test to verify the impact potential of our ice thickening method. This was the first time this method was tried out in the Arctic in a comprehensive way, collecting a wealth of data and observations. We have summarized our findings in a Research Summary Report. This can be seen as…
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Our field test at Svalbard with UNIS and Delft University
Arrival Mid-April, we arrived in Svalbard, for our field test at the Vallunden lake near Svea, an old coal mine. This is part of our collaboration with UNIS (The University Centre in Svalbard) and Delft University. The joint team consisted of Aleksey Shestov of UNIS, Hayo Hendrikse, Tim Hammer, Laura van Dijke of Delft University,…
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First field trip to the Arctic
Mid-January, it was finally time to go to the Arctic. Fonger accompanied an expedition organized by Real Ice, a UK initiative with a similar mission as Arctic Reflections, and with the Cambridge Center for Climate Repair. This proved to be a valuable trip! The aim to come along was twofold. On the one hand, to…
