Before the Collapse

Photographer

Thibault Gerbaldi

Category

Editorial Photography - Environmental

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2026

Country / Region:

United States

A lone red-sailed boat passes beneath a towering iceberg arch in Greenland’s Disko Bay, just moments before the entire structure collapsed into the sea. As global temperatures continue to rise, the Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average, accelerating the retreat and fragmentation of Greenland’s ice. The silent sailboat becomes more than a point of scale—it stands as a quiet witness to a transformation unfolding before our eyes, reminding us that humanity is not separate from these changes, but present to witness, and ultimately responsible for, their consequences.