In their book “Antarctica – A History in 100 Objects”, authors Jean de Pomereu (left) and Daniella McCahey have created more than just a collection of objects related to Antarctica. Instead, it is a lively and exciting journey through the past,...
A contemporary French diplomat, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor projects himself into the year 2048, when the Antarctic Treaty expires, the balance of power shifts towards mining or maintaining the embargo, and it becomes possible to communicate with birds. Last January,...
The author of this book particularly likes the town of Churchill, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, to get up close and personal with polar bears. Image : Acte Sud The polar bear outlines and fills the Arctic with its wanderings, to the point of touching the...
The book “Nord-Est Groenland” by Christian Kempf is in the style of Rolf Stange’s “Spitzbergen” guide. Covering everything from nature and culture to geopolitical significance, the 287-page book describes the most diverse aspects of the...
Zdenka Sokolíčková is an ethnologist. She spent two and a half years in Longyearbyen where she has conducted research, interviewing 220 inhabitants about the many changes Svalbard is facing currently. The results were published in her book The Paradox of Svalbard....
