Austin Bradley
Creative Lead, Director and VideographerAustin is a multi-award-winning expedition and adventure sports photographer based in the United Kingdom. Working across photography and documentary filmmaking, he specialises in showing the stories from some of the world's most demanding environments, collaborating with athletes, scientists and explorers to reveal the relationship between human adventure and nature.
Élise Black
Producer, Director and EditorÉlise originally trained as an actor before moving on to study a masters in script writing at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. She has staged previous shows at both Camden Fringe and Voila! Theatre Festivals and in 2021 she had radio drama produced by Radio 4 in conjunction with Pentabus Theatre Company.
Sam Mumford
Journalist and ResearcherSam is a freelance journalist with a gold standard NCTJ accreditation. He specialises in writing about counter-cultures, alternative trends, public affairs and how the arts intersect with society. Sam is particularly interested in and educated upon issues of misinformation in the post-truth era.
Hugo Thomas
Professional HighlinerHugo pushes the boundaries of what's possible in the world of highlining. What started as a passion has become his life's purpose: to share the beauty of balance with an audience worldwide.
Each crossing is a performance, a meditation, and a conversation with the elements. From urban horizons to natural wonders, he transforms impossible heights into stages for unforgettable experiences.
Archie williams
Professional HighlinerArchie joined Hugo in rigging, testing and crossing the line above the glacier.
Born in Luxembourg, yet with English roots, Archie balances Hugo’s solemnity with an infectious humour. Constantly moving his body, scrambling up hills, kicking a hacky sack and playing with his Japanese Kendama, it can be difficult to see him as his long, shaggy hair almost perpetually sways across his face. Yet when he pauses for a moment and you meet his earthy green eyes, you’ll be welcomed with a fascinating conversation, or a painfully bad pun depending on his mood.
He also cooks a great roast chicken.
Mike Reid
Glacier and Adventure GuideMike has spent years guiding on Iceland's glaciers as well as rigging anchors into ice through his more adventurous pursuits. Mike has undertaken solo circumnavigations across multiple ice caps, as well as holding several world records including the first crossing from Japan to South Korea in a kayak.
Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir
Glaciologist, University of IcelandGuðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir is professor of Glaciology at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. Her work focuses on the interaction of climate and ice sheets by monitoring and modelling the response of glaciers to climate change in the past, present and future.
She previously worked on coupling ice sheet and climate models for the Greenland Ice Sheet at the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, in order to improve sea level rise projections.
She studied geophysics and glaciology at University of Iceland, University of Alaska in Fairbanks and ETH in Zürich, Switzerland and has done field work in Iceland, Alaska, Switzerland, Greenland and two field seasons in Antarctica.