Sunniva Sorby is an expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist,[1][2] and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
[6][7][2] She is an experienced expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist,[1][2] and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
[1][5][7][8][10][11] Sorby co-founded Hearts in the Ice, a social media project aimed at engagement on climate change and together with Norwegian Hilde Fålun Strøm, is the first woman to over-winter in Svalbard without men.
[1][2] Focusing on the smallest possible carbon footprint while overwintering on Svalbard, Sorby and Strøm intend to pioneer the use of an electric snowmobile, and keep packaging of supplies to a minimum.
[2] Their overwintering period, running from August 2019 to May 2020, will be spent at 78°N in a 20 m2 cabin called Bamsebu and their experience broadcast via social media.