Alun Hubbard is an applied glaciologist and geophysicist who has spent over three decades investigating the response of glaciers and ice sheets to atmospheric, oceanic and geological forcing. His primary focus is on the long-term stability and legacy of glacial systems and their impact on the environment, landscape, carbon-cycle, as well as their commitment to ongoing global sea-level rise and coastal flooding. His approach encompasses innovative field-data collection to yield new process insights and help constrain numerical models. He has ongoing research across the Arctic, including Alaska, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard with additional projects in Patagonia, Asia, New Zealand and Antarctica. He has worked on the Greenland ice sheet (in remote field camps) for over 70 cumulative months and has led as many successful research/exploration expeditions across far-flung remote regions of the planet. Many of these conducted from his own ice-strengthened sailboat and helicopter logistics non-profit. He is an active commentator on issues relating to the cryosphere, and has presented on many award-winning documentaries including BBC's Frozen Planet 1 & 2, Netflix "Our Planet", and National Geographic "Chasing Ice" to name a few.