Hilde Fålun Strøm is from Svalbard, Norway and is an explorer, polar ambassador and citizen scientist with over 20 years experience working in the polar regions.
[1][2] In 2017, with Sunniva Sorby, she started Hearts in the Ice, a platform for social engagement around citizen science and climate change.
[3] She has netted over 60k km (equal to one trip around the globe) on a snowmobile and has had more than 200 polar bear encounters[4] Strøm co-founded Hearts in the Ice,[5] a social media project aimed at engagement on climate change and together with Canadian Sunniva Sorby.
[6][1] Focusing on the smallest possible carbon footprint while overwintering on Svalbard, Sorby and Strøm pioneer the use of an electric snowmobile, and keep packaging of supplies to a minimum.
Their consecutive overwintering periods, running from August 2019 to September 2021, will be spent at 78°N in a 20 m2 cabin called Bamsebu and their experience broadcast via social media.