Posted on 05/03/2026 11:05:45 AM PDT by Libloather
If everything goes to plan, Alex Bellini could become the first person to live on an iceberg, where temperatures hover between 5 to −4 degrees Fahrenheit and gale-force winds blow.
The 38-year-old Italian public speaker and adventurer, who crossed two oceans alone on a row boat and ran across the U.S. in 70 days, recently spoke about his project, Adrift, a years’-long ambition to live in a survival capsule on a Greenland iceberg.
Once a suitable iceberg is selected, Bellini plans to conduct research on climate change‘s affect on ice sheets and to test the limits of human endurance and survival.
**SNIP**
Bellini plans to stay in a specially-designed aluminum capsule for up to 12 months or until the iceberg flips—a natural phenomenon that occurs from melting ice and an imbalance in frozen water.
The capsule was developed by a Seattle-based company called Survival Capsule, which designed its patented personal safety system to protect against tsunami events, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and storm surges.
According to a 2015 Outside article, the capsule will carry 300 to 400 kilograms of food, a wind generator, solar panels, and an EPIRB beacon if rescue is needed. It will also be equipped with Wi-Fi, a work table, electronic panels and a foldable bed so Bellini has room to exercise.
Bellini expressed confidence that the product would be strong enough to survive storms or getting crushed by icebergs.
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Icebergs in the water.
Polar bears in the water.
You go on the iceberg in the water.
Fare thee well and adieu ye fair
Spanish Ladies......
No problem. As long as he has plenty of firewood, things should go swimmingly.
Better pack a couple of Apple tags so the world can follow the polar bears. /sarc
It seems like a good idea..........
Currently, Mr Bellini is enrolled in a crash course on Ice Sculpture.
Won’t getting laid be an issue? Not if it shrinks down to a half-inch in the cold. Let’s hope he’s not starting out with a half inch.
Beans?
What does he use for heating? I doubt the solar panels and wind generator can keep him warm. This isn’t going to go well.
Where does he put the waste?
why does this remind me of flag pole sitters in the great depression?
What is the conclusion of this 2017 story?
Indeed
I googled around a little for Alex Bellini. Doesn’t look like he ever did this. Not sure why it was posted.
Someone gave him the FYI that ice burgs roll all the time?
This thread is about something that never happened and is based on an article from 2017 saying that it is planned?
I can’t find details of this iceberg residency. Here is his website https://www.alexbellini.com/en/biography/
I hope the cameras are rolling when the iceberg rolls over.
Well, the excerpt says something about staying “12 months or until the iceberg flips”, so I think he knew it was a possibility.
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