About the Global Glacier Initiative
Founded in 2021, the Global Glacier Initiative is an extension of a personal mission that transpired over a five year period of time. Starting with the glaciers of the American Rockies and later spreading to the recently melted cirques of the Pyrenees and then onto the stirring glaciers of the Swiss and French Alps, a Piper PA-11 Cub Special, built in 1949, was flown to these locales to collect photographs before glaciers disappear. From a personal mission, that grew into the founding creed of the Initiative, to “get them before they are gone,” an act to preserve images for mankind, aid in scientific discovery, and increase climate change awareness.
