Portaledges suspended on a sheer Arctic rock face
J.J. Kelley

Project · 01

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Arctic Ascentwith Alex Honnold

Premium nonfiction · Expedition series

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The project · Greenland

An unclimbed wall.
A changing world.

Alex Honnold leads an expedition to Greenland to climb a 4,000-foot sea cliff and investigate how climate change is transforming the region.

Client
National Geographic
Platform
Disney+ · Hulu
Role
Director · Additional Director of Photography
Format
Three-part series · 2024

Official trailer · 02:16

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Behind the expedition

Access at the edge of possibility.

The expedition brought elite climbers and scientists into one of Greenland's most remote landscapes. The series pairs the danger and intimacy of a first ascent with field research examining the changing Arctic—placing human ambition inside a story much larger than the climb.

A camera team filming Alex Honnold in Greenland
Production in Greenland · Arctic Ascent
Alex Honnold and an expedition teammate at field camp
Alex Honnold and J.J. Kelley during the expedition
A climber descending into a glacier crevasse
A climber beneath an overhanging boulder in Greenland
National Geographic Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold poster

Selected credits

Made beyond the map.

Directed by
J.J. Kelley · Richard Ladkani
Written by
Bruce Kennedy
Featuring
Alex Honnold · Hazel Findlay · Heïdi Sevestre · Aldo Kane · Mikey Schaefer
Original music
Chris Roe
Read the National Geographic feature