An Interview with Brody Leven

Brody Leven is a 28 year old professional skier/mountaineer now based in Salt Lake City Utah. In March of 2015, Brody and the Salomon Freeski TV Team set out to film and document a photographer's goal of capturing a solitary image of a skier silhouetted by a solar eclipse. The group traveled to Svalbard Norway the only place on Earth where there was a good view of the Eclipse and a mountain with snow. The trip to Svalbard took them inside the Arctic circle during one of the coldest periods of the year possible. They experienced polar bears, extreme cold weather and even saw a period of rain caused by climate change. Brody agreed to a short interview to give us some more details about the trip.

Brody Leven hiking up a couloir in Svalbard, finally getting a chance to go ski. 

A Shot of skiers Cody Townsend, Chris Rubens, and Brody Leven on a ridge line in Svalbard Norway during the Solar Eclipse March 2014. Shot by Photographer Reuben Krabbe.

Read the rest of the interview with Brody Leven here.