Palaeoclimatologist and polar explorer Gina Moseley specializes in improving our understanding of how the Arctic responds to a warmer world. Gina has led two pioneering expeditions to Northeast Greenland where members of  the Greenland Caves Project have explored, documented and collected valuable records of past climate change from previously unexplored caves. She will carry the WINGS flag for her 2023 Northern Caves Expedition located in North Greenland at c.82’N, where she will expand her pioneering work and original exploration in this remote, sensitive, and little-studied region. Introduction Caves offer one of the last remaining realms on Earth for original exploration. It is not possible for satellites to see inside the Earth, or for robots to map underground labyrinths. Learning about the world beneath our feet therefore requires humans to physically enter the underworld.

The project also seeks to improve knowledge of Greenland’s response to warmer climates through geochemical investigation of mineral deposits found in caves. Such information is critically important for improving predictive climate models during this time of anthropogenic climate change. Through exploration of the caves, it will be possible to establish whether cave mineral deposits (speleothems) are present from which records of past climate change can be constructed. Such records are critically important for placing present Arctic climate change in the context of natural variability, and for providing information about the Arctic response to a warmer world. Furthermore, the records are likely to cover time periods beyond the limit of the Greenland ice cores, thus providing completely new knowledge about past Arctic climate. The recipient of numerous scientific and adventure awards, Gina is a Rolex Award for Enterprise Laureate, a protagonist in the documentary film, Ancient Caves, and the mum of a young daughter she hopes will be inspired to follow her dreams.