Article Author: Bruce Vaughn Featured photo by Florian Ledoux As scientists and artists, we highlight the need to pay attention to the Arctic, because what is happening there is profoundly affecting the rest of the Earth. Climate change continues to shape the high latitudes more than four times faster than the rest of the Earth, …
Written by Andrea Sparrow The Arctic Arts Project team returned to Svalbard for the last two weeks of May this year. Kerry and Andrea were joined by long-time contributor, Jeff Lanska, to continue gathering imagery and video for our film about the archipelago. We thought we would be arriving at a time when spring was …
By: Andrea Sparrow Days aboard a ship can be difficult to parse afterwards. Routine gives structure to time, but around you the land and weather are constantly shifting. In Svalbard this seems particularly true. For a time the land will present itself as gentle hills, covered in stone, snow and ice. Around a corner a …
By Florian LeDoux Life on earth is the most elaborate state of matter in the cosmos. It has evolved over billions of years and requires nearly impossible physical conditions to exist. Being alive is a moving and fascinating experience when we are truly present to the natural world around us. There are places on Earth …
Postcards from the Arctic: Documenting Ice Loss in Canada’s Rocky Mountains By: Andrea Sparrow & Kerry Koepping Canada opened its borders to US citizens in late summer. While Covid-19 continues to make travel challenging, the Arctic Arts team jumped through all the hoops and headed to the mountains in Alberta and British Columbia to see how …
Postcards From the Arctic: Iceland 2021 By: Andrea Sparrow Our team’s travels to Iceland were a wonderful success! There have been a number of scientific papers recently about glacial ice loss in peri-arctic and high alpine regions around the world. Our intention was to see for ourselves how several of Iceland’s glaciers have changed over …
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