Signal to Noise Study Tour 2020

20/04/2024

Wonderful memories from Svalbard last year, and some of them are now streaming on BBC One! "The Grinch: A reindeer-hunting polar bear" by Florian Ledoux, Camera Operator for Mammals. I recommend watching it!

We came across several polar bears hunting reindeers last year in different parts of Svalbard. On a few of the trips Florian Ledoux was onboard with us and he got some amazing footage of some of these hunts.

We have never seen bears hunt reindeers until 2023, so it was quite extraordinary to watch! Although in 2022 we came across a bear with a reindeer kill in the tidal area. All covered up in seaweed. I suspect that might have been one of the reindeer hunting bears.

Thank you Secret Atlas for taking us to amazing places and experiencing encounters, both with wildlife and people! In two weeks we are back on Vikingfjord in Svalbard. I hope to see some of you there!

By Florian Ledoux, Camera Operator for Mammals

31/07/2020

Hi all. Just a FYI, the schooner Linden is in final stages of selling. She is going for an absolute bargain price.

22/06/2020

Hi everyone! Student team member, Ben Harden, has been working hard on a new episode of Signal to Noise, as part of his Advanced Project course work. Take a listen!

It has been a while since our last podcast episode and the world has certainly been going through a lot of changes. Signal to Noise student team member, Ben Harden, has produced this latest episode as part of an Advanced Project course at Griffith...

03/06/2020

Life sprouts through the burnt fields of Mt Cotton.

Photos of: Samantha Gray

19/05/2020

Temperature spike is highest this early in the year since at least 1958, scientists suggest

11/04/2020

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/609736/arctic-portraits/

A photographer captures his northern Canadian community in quarantine.

07/04/2020

While we were all cheering about the ozone layer finally getting almost healed, scientists have discovered a hole revealed by reduction in ozone concentrations over the Arctic. In case you were wondering that a hole like this is common -- it isn’t. A hole is commonly seen over the Antarctic -- whi...

04/04/2020

The current depletion in the Arctic looks set to surpass smaller holes recorded in 1997 and 2011

02/04/2020

Australia's former foreign affairs minister writes that climate change has not paused for coronavirus; we will pretend it has at our peril.

24/03/2020

Something for us to consider

Journalists can learn lessons from coronavirus coverage for the next big health crisis story they'll cover: climate change.

17/03/2020

Latest episode has just dropped

The trip is cancelled but the show must go on!Photo Credit: Isabella Porras (Climate protest 10 Jan 2020) Music Credits: "Gus Trickle" by Hampus Naeselius and "Wonder Happens", "Two Boys and a Girl" and "Pives and Flarinet" by Poddington Bear, all...

13/03/2020

https://www.facebook.com/170041703448421/posts/886977448421506/

Australia's Black Summer of 2019-2020 was characterised by catastrophic bushfires. The bushfire season started in winter and was the worst on record for NSW in terms of its intensity, the area burned, and the number of properties lost. It was also the worst season on record for properties lost in Qu...

12/03/2020

A thought from me that stemmed from a conversation on climate change. Much of big business knows it's happening and will be devastating as do many wealthy individuals and investors. The simple reality to them is they do not care as long as their short time on the planet is filled with priviledge and luxury. Their money will buy them a buffer and they simply do not care what happens once they are gone. This is the direct view of one of the world's eminent geologists. Here is the actual hurdle you must pass with many. Short term greed and safety in their finite lives. I'll add more from this specific conversation soon.

10/03/2020

THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH IS GUTTED, AS ARE WE ... HOLDING BACK TEARS THAT THREATEN TO FLOW WITH THE ARCTIC ICE. Our Study Tour has been postponed until next year. First we lost the boat we'd booked, then restrictions disrupted our capacity to travel. But the show still goes on, and students still have a course to complete and important messages to convey. We will turn our attention to the in Australia. Watch this space.

NB: If you've made a donation or pledge we will be in touch.

Keep your ears out for a new podcast episode soon, that will explain in more detail.

New photos by Isabella Porras, taken in Wingello in the NSW Southern Highlands

10/03/2020

Some of our students planted 2,500 trees in just over an hour last weekend in NSW. This is all part of our carbon offsetting efforts to balance the negative impacts flying to the Arctic will cause.

Help support us to communicate climate change where it’s most apparent https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

08/03/2020

Nations—and their militaries—are scrambling to control long-frozen resources and new shipping routes.

07/03/2020

Australia’s recent bushfires are a sign of the increasing impact climate change is having on our planet. Although sometimes it may feel like a large issue we can’t quite fathom, the increase of temperature up in the Arctic has a direct and dire impact on the drought and fire seasons here in Australia.

Our students are going to be directly conveying these climate issues back to an Australian audience.

If you want to support us in this venture there is still time; https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

Photos by one of our students Isabella Porras

05/03/2020

Climate change is hard to wrap our heads around but our students are going to be cutting through the noise of misinformation and telling stories that matter.

Support us to get there and do just that https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

Our brains aren't good processing future catastrophic events like climate change

05/03/2020

We're nearly half way to reaching our Pozible goal. Thanks to our latest pledgers Shaun Singleton. Cindy Wright, Thomas Rowen, Annique Goldenberg and Webber. And our anonymous donors.

You can support our campaign here
https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

Photo Credit: Earle Bridger

05/03/2020

How are we offsetting the carbon emissions produced by our trip to Svalbard? Listen to episode three of our podcast to find out!

The Signal to Noise team acknowledge the environmental impact of our travel to Svalbard, Norway - even if we are making the trip to raise awareness of climate change in the Arctic.In response, we are taking part in tree-planting and other conserva...

03/03/2020

Dedicated to the Arctic and the telling of climate change stories, documentary photographers Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen conducted a double polar expedition project, “Arctic: New Frontier”, focusing on the consequences of the melting of the arctic sea ice for the planet, and the prospect of its total disappearance.

From Russia to Norway, Greenland, Canada and Alaska, they explored key issues affecting the Arctic - the opening of new trade routes, the militarisation of borders, the search for mineral resources, polar tourism, etc. - and their impact on our daily lives.

“The melting of the polar sea ice is in the process of changing the map of the world for ever. In visiting all the affected regions and countries in one expedition and by showing how the different players – starting with Russia and the U.S. – are working on conquering the North Pole, we are revealing how the impact of climate change in the Arctic is of global significance for the rest of the world.”

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Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen
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Remember there is still plenty of time to donate to our Pozible campaign https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

03/03/2020

Mid 2020, ten of Griffith University’s brightest and passionate students will bear witness to climate change impacts in the Arctic, documenting how melting polar ice caps lead to cataclysmic effects around the world. In this episode we hear from N...

03/03/2020

NEW PODCAST EPISODE JUST DROPPED

In this episode we hear from Nobel co-Laureates and expert arctic guides, Adjunct Professor John Rodsted and Mette Sofie Eliseussen, who will be leading our study tour.

If these two inspirational characters don't make you sit up and take notice of the current climate emergency in the Arctic, then we don't know what could!

If you like what you hear, please share, and consider visiting our Pozible Campaign at https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

01/03/2020

The Signal to Noise team had a successful in Toohey forest today.

Thanks to all the volunteers who weren’t part of the Arctic team but came along to help out regardless - we picked up a lot of rubbish!

Remember there is still plenty of time to donate to our Pozible campaign 🧤 https://www.pozible.com/project/signal-to-noise-arctic-in-field

29/02/2020

TODAY!

Come meet (most of) the Signal to Noise Arctic Study Tour 2020 team, and participate in our event in Toohey Forest, near the Griffith University, Nathan campus.

We've chose to as a way of off-setting the environmental impact of our flights to Svalbard.

We'll be at the Ring Road pick-up/drop-off point at midday and then heading to the bushwalks surrounding campus so don't be late!

If you'd like to support our trip financially, check out the awards available through our Pozible campaign (link below) or you can make a tax deductible donation here https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/queensland-college-art/qca-live/arctic-study-tour?fbclid=IwAR36cpHubNRpY4fhfgLWMYSudkMrGznomXbqUtYv01CoUkbQbMoWaLczIY8

https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/queensland-college-art/qca-live/arctic-study-tour?fbclid=IwAR36cpHubNRpY4fhfgLWMYSudkMrGznomXbqUtYv01CoUkbQbMoWaLczIY8

Signal to Noise 's Brisbane based Crowdfunding campaign called Signal To Noise Arctic In-Field. Learn more about the Environmental project on Pozible.

29/02/2020

Queensland College of Art, Griffith University’s Blurrr photo club raising awareness about our trip 👏🏼 remember to keep sharing and donating if you can to our campaign 🌏

Signal to Noise 's Brisbane based Crowdfunding campaign called Signal To Noise Arctic In-Field. Learn more about the Environmental project on Pozible.

26/02/2020

This is why we are going to Svalbard to help raise awareness of the effects of Climate Change and how the ice caps melting in the arctic contributes to the bush fires of Australia.

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/world-top-climate-negotiator-condemns-australian-response-bushfi/11989658

"Australia depends on the best efforts being put forward by all countries, but for that, Australia has to do the same.”

26/02/2020

Graduate with a unique skill set. Choose from our extensive range of study areas and find the double degree combination that's right for you.

26/02/2020

Come meet (most of) the Signal to Noise team on Sunday, and participate in our event at Griffith University, Nathan.

We chose to as a way of off-setting the environmental impact of our flights to Svalbard.

If you're going to join us, register at the link below so that you're covered by insurance

Help support our Clean Up Australia Day event!

24/02/2020

We got picked up by Google Podcasts! Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. New episode drops later this week.

While Australia is experiencing unprecedented and devastating fires and drought as an immediate result of climate change, the melting of the polar caps has had a slow and continuous effect on the weather patterns of the world. The Arctic is warming at double the pace of anywhere else on Earth and, f...