Stories behind CWC’s “World on Fire” ICCE Everest photography exhibition about culture, climate, and “changing the future”

By Carol Harper, County10.com

Telling a photographic story of science, adventure, and culture…“World on Fire” is an exhibit that showcases the journey of five indigenous students as they experienced the road to the Mount Everest Base Camp in May 2022 as a part of CWC’s Interdisciplinary Climate Change Expedition (ICCE) Everest Expedition Team.

The exhibit opened at the CWC Robert A. Peck Art Center Gallery on February 3rd with a reception and presentation by the photographer, Antoine Day, and additional commentaries by two of the five students, Jada Antelope and Aidan Hereford, who were a part of the expedition and spoke about what the experience meant to them. Red Thunder Spoonhunter was in attendance remotely by phone.