Exhibition Greenland 1912

How the glaciers in Greenland and Switzerland are melting is shown in the Swiss History Forum in Schwyz in an exhibition that runs until 12 March 2023.

Albert de Quervain and climate research - He was one of the world's first climate researchers. The data he collected on his Greenland expedition in 1912 is still important for science today. Switzerland is also conducting glacier research in Greenland, making an important contribution to one of the most central issues of our time: global warming.

Global warming and thus the dwindling glaciers have been preoccupying science and mankind more than ever since this summer. The retreat of the ice giants is progressing inexorably. A good 100 years ago, glaciers were already the focus of climate research. An exhibition at the Forum of Swiss History in Schwyz now provides a comprehensive overview.

Global warming: visiting a glacier in VR

With original exhibits and beautiful historical photographs, the exhibition sheds light on Alfred de Quervain's expedition in the eternal ice and builds a bridge to today's climate and glacier research. With the virtual experience in the high mountains "Expedition 2 degrees", visitors can find out what it means in concrete terms if the global temperature warms by two degrees. Equipped with goggles, the effects on the Great Aletsch Glacier from 1912 to 2070 can be experienced in a virtual world.

"Expedition 2 degrees" is a research and communication project of the Universities of Fribourg and Zurich, the Knowledge Visualisation department of the Zurich University of the Arts and was supported by SNF Agora and other partners. We reported on it almost two years ago. The team has developed another multimedia exhibition including a VR application called "VR Glacier Experience", which we also reported on in 2020. reported. Since then, the exhibition has been shown at various international conferences and events. The latter project was at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Scientifica science fair in Zurich, while Expedition 2 Grad was at the Cumulus Conference in Rome and the Museum of Communication in Bern.

Source: seniorweb / forumschwyz