Africas last glaciers: an expedition to map ice loss in the Rwenzori mountains in pictures

Mount Speke topped with ice in 2012. The Rwenzori mountains are one of the world’s most remote and dramatic landscapes, thought to be the legendary Mountains of the Moon mentioned by ancient Greek geographers such as Ptolemy. By 2024, ice remained on Speke, but not enough to be defined as a glacier. The three highest peaks in the Rwenzori mountains – Speke, Baker and Stanley – have been so eroded by the climate crisis that only Stanley’s glacier remains. Alfred Masereka, of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), assembles the team before the expedition to map Mount Stanley’s glaciers. The expedition

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