A life studying ice at the end of the world
Arctic scientist Konrad Steffen, whose work showed how Greenland’s ice sheet is melting as a result of climate change, has died in a tragic accident near the research station that he set up 30 years ago, called Swiss Camp. Steffen went missing while installing new equipment at the site, and it was later discovered that he had fallen into a crevasse in the ice. He was a “larger than life explorer-scientist that you typically only get the chance to read about”, says climate scientist Ryan Neely, who studied with Steffen. “In the end, it looks like climate change actually claimed him as a victim.”
The New York Times | 10 min read
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