Embrace the Unknown | A Story of Beauty and Hardship in Northwest Greenland

Thursday, February 13, 7:30pm

Presentation Room at Origin at Spring Creek

Arrive early to meet your mountain friends old and new for a bite and a beverage at the Mineshaft

In Winter 2022, Pascale Marceau lived in one of the northernmost communities of Greenland. From Polar night to 24hrs of daylight, she discovered an incredible world of snow and ice, a place where life is uniquely challenging and incredibly breathtaking.

With her partner Lonnie Dupre, they built a komatik (dog sled), acquired a dog team and trained them to be expedition ready. With local Inuit hunters, the team launched on a journey further North in view of crossing the Arctic Ocean into Canada’s High Arctic.

What unfolded was a story of resilience through roadblocks, of optimism despite disappointment, of creative problem solving in the face of a warming planet.

PASCALE MARCEAU is an explorer, mountaineer and consultant in high-risk industry based out of the Canadian Rockies. She has over 25 years of mountain adventuring and has recently been focusing on remote, cold weather, exploratory firsts. www.pascalemarceau.com

HIGHLIGHTS

2023 Canada’s High Arctic – Ellesmere & Devon Island (7-weeks)

2022 Cultural journey dogsledding in Northwest Greenland (4 months, polar night)

2021 First all-woman ascent of Mt.Lucania, YT (5,226m)

2019 First recorded winter ascent of Mt. Wood, YT (4,860m) & first female winter ascent of a major peak in the subarctic

2018 First recorded ascent of Jeannette Peak, BC (3,089m)

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Elected member of the Society of Woman Geographers

Proud Ambassador for Hilleberg The TentMaker