Title & Author:

Up here : the North at the center of the world / edited by Julie Decker and Kirsten J. Anderson.

Publication:

Anchorage, Alaska : Anchorage Museum ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

189 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Julie Decker -- Arktikós / 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 / Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir 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 Knausgård -- Mirrorland / Freya Rohn -- Two If by sea / Elizabeth Bradfield -- Summit / Robert Macfarlane -- This is the north I know / Julie Decker.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780295999081 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
029599908X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Subject:

Ecology
Manners and customs
Arctic regions.
Arctic regions Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions Social life and customs.
Arctic regions Pictorial works.
Arctic regions Environmental conditions Pictorial works.
Arctic regions Social life and customs Pictorial works.
Arctique.
Arctique Conditions environnementales.
Arctique Mœurs et coutumes.
Arctique Ouvrages illustrés.
Arctique Conditions environnementales Ouvrages illustrés.
Arctique Mœurs et coutumes Ouvrages illustrés.
Arctic Regions

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Decker, Julie, editor.
Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten J.), editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294427
Call No.: BIB 239976
Status: Available