Drake, Nick
The Farewell Glacier
- ISBN 13:
- 9781852249335
- author:
- Drake, Nick
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 64
- Dimensions:
- 0.5 x 15 x 22.5 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Farewell Glacier by Nick Drake explores the High Arctic landscape and its inhabitants through a collection of poems. In 2010, the author embarked on a journey to Svalbard, an archipelago in the far north of Norway, accompanied by people from Cape Farewell, an arts climate change organisation. The expedition aimed to understand the effects of climate change on the region's ecosystem. The poems gathered in this collection draw on voices from across the Arctic's past, including explorers, scientists, and others who have shaped our understanding of this unique environment. They also touch on the mysteries of the high Arctic, such as animal spirits and the powers of ice and tundra. The book looks to the future, imagining a world where the Arctic winter Eden has vanished forever. The poems in The Farewell Glacier were featured in a groundbreaking exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from July 2011 to January 2012, receiving national publicity and reviews on BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
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