Up Here: The North at the Center of the World

Synopsis

The North Is A Complex Place That Is Beautiful, Moody, And Anything But Untouched. The Arctic, Part Of The International North That Is Pivotal To The World Because Of Climate Change, Is No Longer A Frontier Of The Past. The Same Interest In The North That Preoccupied Artists And Explorers Of The Romantic Era Has Returned Greater Than Ever, But Rather Than Merely Depicting Its Grandeur, Today's Artists, Scientists, And Explorers Question The Future Of The Landscape. Up Here Connects Art, Science, And Environment At A Time When Unprecedented Climate Change Requires Unprecedented Innovation. The Contributors Explore The Ideas Of Wilderness And Remoteness, The Lessons To Be Learned From Cold Places And Indigenous Knowledge, And How The Arctic Is A Signal For Global Change. Introduction / Julie Decker -- Arktikøs / Barry Lopez -- On Seeing The Pack Ice For The First Time : An Elegy / Eva Saulitis -- Going Back To The Arctic / Berit Ellingsen -- Miss Arctic Circle (runner-up) / Carol Richards -- Unmiksok / Ted Mayac Sr -- Nanoq And The Indeterminate North / Bryndøs Snaejørnsdøttir And Mark Wilson -- Last Snowman / Simon Armitage -- Inland Empire / Craig Medred -- The Allure Of Harsh Places / Judith Lindbergh -- The Magical Realism Of Norwegian Nights / Karl Ove Knausgørd -- Mirrorland / Freya Rohn -- If By Sea / Elizabeth Bradfield -- Summit / Robert Macfarlane -- This Is The North I Know / Julie Decker. Edited By Julie Decker And Kirsten J. Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References.