VIDEO: Skiing the Eclipse in Svalbard | A Banff Mt. Film Festival Winner This video won ‘Best Snow Sports Film’ at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival. “It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the edge of the earth to see one of the planet’s rarest events- a total solar eclipse in the Arctic. Faced with the likely reality of bad weather obscuring the sun and having to battle frigid, […] Featured Video SnowBrains | November 22, 2015 0 Comments
NASA: The Arctic is Getting Rainier The Arctic is known for its cold temperatures, which allow precipitation to fall as snow. But as temperatures warm, that snow is being replaced by rain. These changes can affect sea ice in the Arctic and weather patterns throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Related: NASA: Record Summer Melting Across Svalbard, Arctic Circle NASA scientists examined rainfall trends over the Arctic and […] SnowBrains | March 19, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Day #300 = Deep Powder in “Country Lane” on 11,068′ Mt. Superior, UT + Champagne Toast & Ski at Solitude Report from December 2, 2023 Yesterday was ski day #300 within a year for me! This project started on December 8, 2022, when I returned from Antarctica and I have 365 days to ski 300 days. I hit 300 yesterday and I should hit 305 by the cut-off day of December 8, 2023. The snow gods smiled on us yesterday […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 4, 2023 1 Comment
21st Annual Tahoe Adventure Film Festival Launches January 7th, 2023 at Bally’s, Lake Tahoe Marking twenty-one years of adventure sports cinematography and culture, Tahoe Adventure Film Festival (TAFF) is the annual gathering with the outdoor adventure community, animated with music, go-go dancers, wild entertainers, and dramatic action imagery. All before the films begin. It’s where the industry’s best filmmakers premier their latest adventure sports films for one night only hosted by festival creator and […] SnowBrains | December 1, 2022 0 Comments
Study Shows Refreezing the Poles is Highly Practical and Could Reverse Global Warming The north and south poles are critical to the planet’s climate. The mass amount of ice in both regions acts as the earth’s refrigerators to cool it. It is no secret that the ice is diminishing and threatening our planet. Some experts estimate that the Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. This […] Weather Brent Thomas | September 18, 2022 3 Comments
NASA: A Half-Century of Ice Loss in Northwest Greenland A pair of satellite images acquired almost 50 years apart reveals striking changes to the glaciers and ice caps in northwest Greenland. Few other satellite comparisons span this much time, especially in such vivid lifelike color. Related: NASA: Record Summer Melting Across Svalbard, Arctic Circle Observations of Earth from space are now common. But prior to the 1970s, no Earth-observing […] SnowBrains | August 30, 2022 1 Comment
Two Pictures 104 Years Apart Show Disturbing Glacial Melt in Norway Global warming is taking its toll on the world’s glaciers. This could not be more drastically represented than by this side-by-side picture comparison. The original picture was taken in 1918. It shows such massive glaciers that you could barely see the impressive mountains behind them. In the second picture, it is the mountains that look massive. These photos show the […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 30, 2022 1 Comment
Join Ice Axe Expeditions in 2022 For Skiing and Sailing Deep Within the Arctic Circle Join Ice Axe Expeditions on this intimate and exciting backcountry ski expedition to just 600 miles south of the geographic North Pole. Spend your days exploring untouched terrain on the remote and beautiful Svalbard. Experience the breathtaking scenery and wildlife that draws enthusiasts from around the globe, while skiing virtually untracked landscapes that remain the world’s best secret. Related: Svalbard Trip Report 2018 […] SnowBrains | February 9, 2022 1 Comment