TEREKTY

TEREKTY — An Expedition into the Value of Glaciers

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Innsbruck

Leokino
Austria

19:30

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Soest

Alter Schlachthof
Germany

19:30

Film · Conversation with the expedition team

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Kloten

Kino Claudia
Switzerland

19:00

Film · Panel discussion · Apéro

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Zurich

ETH Zürich · SPI Polar Film Series
Switzerland

18:00 · Doors 17:45

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Metropol Kino
Austria

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What is a glacier worth?

Historical Terekty valley photograph from the 1902 expedition, shown in full with its original Russian caption.
Terekty valley · 1902
The Terekty valley in 2025, photographed by Patrick Barylla, with the mountain view corresponding to the 1902 photograph.
Terekty valley · 2025

Photographs from a research expedition in 1902 sparked our journey to Kyrgyzstan. They were the starting point, not the destination: alongside ETH Zurich researchers and Kyrgyz partners, the team set out on present-day field missions in the Tian Shan, collecting glacier samples and drone imagery for 3D mapping.

Half personal expedition, half glacier science. River crossings, icy nights and moments of friendship bring you close to life on the trail. Research in the mountains and the laboratory opens a wider view of glaciers worldwide — their changing future, their importance for water, and the emotional value of these landscapes.

Aerial view of the three Terekty glaciers during the 2025 expedition.
Terekty glaciers · A view from above, 2025

Film production

A film by Patrick Barylla & Leon Riener

2026 · 62 minutes · English original version

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Expedition organisation

Our thanks to ExpeditionXplore for organising this journey.

Travel with a Reason

First Impression

Screening Journey

Thank you to everyone bringing the film and its questions to new audiences.

Scientifica · UZH Museum Cinema

TEREKTY on screen at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich. A shared evening with perspectives from glacier science, expedition and film.

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The Scientifica banners at the entrance to the UZH museum.The expedition team in conversation beneath the TEREKTY cinema screen.An audience member asking a question during the Scientifica discussion.A group photograph after the TEREKTY screening at Scientifica.

Explore the Science

Two expedition researchers in white laboratory coats working with samples.
From fieldwork to the laboratory.
Global Glacier Extinction Explorer screenshot showing glacier scenarios around Issyk-Kul, with the complete legend and map credits.
Global Glacier Extinction Explorer ↗

From field samples to laboratory work: research helps us understand how glaciers are changing. Explore the wider picture with the Global Glacier Extinction Explorer by Lander Van Tricht and colleagues, and compare glacier futures under different warming scenarios.

Explore the glacier map

Photography by Marisa Koch

Days on the trail. Nights beneath the stars. Discover Marisa’s expedition photographs as prints in her photo shop.

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Illuminated expedition tents beneath the Milky Way in the Tian Shan.A rider and a rearing horse in the Terekty valley, with packhorses in the background.

Meet the Team

The expedition team on the trail in Kyrgyzstan; all eight faces are visible.

Science

Valentin Künzler

Valentin Künzler

Engineer & environmental scientist

Expedition

Jule Nowak

Jule Nowak

Geography · Mountain & natural hazard research

Filmmaking

Made possible by the work of the whole expedition team and our Kyrgyz partners. Photography by Marisa Koch. WanderVisuals ↗

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