By Jessica Green For Mailonline
Published: 13:43 GMT, 26 March 2019 | Updated: 14:42 GMT, 26 March 2019
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A Canadian mountaineer has revealed why he made the dangerous climb down the world’s second largest ice sheet to collect data on the impact of global warming.
Will Gadd, 52, from Canmore, Alberta, assisted American Professor Jason Gulley in exploring the Greenland ice sheet after noticing the ‘radical changes’ in glaciers.
The record-breaking ice climber said: ‘In our lifetime we’re seeing radical changes and it’s not something I can ignore.
‘The way we approach the mountains now has to be different. The glaciers are changing so quickly,’ he told Canadian TV network CityNews.
And while the explorer admitted the climb was dangerous he insisted it was ‘worth it’. ‘These moulins (vertical shafts)
