One week until the total solar eclipse 2026: The countdown has begun… are you ready?

The moon's silhouette is visible in front of a fully eclipsed sun in a black sky, with the sun's white atmosphere creating a halo around the lunar disk.

The countdown has begun! The total solar eclipse 2026 will occur on Aug. 12. (Image credit: Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

In just one week, millions of people across Greenland, Iceland and Spain will witness one of nature’s greatest spectacles as the moon completely covers the sun.

Our team will be following the eclipse from two incredible locations, aboard an expedition ship in East Greenland with HX Expeditions and from northern Spain with the DEB initiative, bringing you live updates throughout the lead-up to the eclipse and on the day itself

Read more: 1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

a woman wearing a yellow hat smiles under the blue light of the polar night.

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Daisy Dobrijevic is currently sailing aboard HX Expeditions’ MS Spitsbergen on an expedition from Svalbard, Norway, to East Greenland. She’ll be reporting live as the expedition attempts to witness totality from the Arctic.