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A hidden Arctic cave holds secrets about our past and future

For half-a-century scientists have wondered what clues this enigmatic Greenland cave might hold. Now they're about to find out

These regions are now heating up twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet: knowing what they once looked like could help us predict the risks to humanity if they continue melting, shifting global temperatures and driving catastrophic sea level rise. The journey, which included Moseley and four colleagues — one being her partner Robbie Shone, a National Geographic contributing cave photographer — began with a gruelling, triathlon-style trek across northeast Greenland’s frigid, rocky terrain. A twin otter plane deposited them on a remote landing strip, which was followed by a boat trip across a vast lake, then a three-day hike that ended with frantic scrambling up shifting scree slopes to reach the caves the team was there to explore.

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