Tag: Book

Book: Antarctica - A History in 100 Objects

Dr. Michael Wenger

The book "Antarctica - A History in 100 Objects" takes the reader on a journey through the history, but also the present and future of Antarctica.

The diplomat and the bird, a polar fable

Camille Lin

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.

The polar bear, a worn icon in need of restoration

Camille Lin

The polar bear outlines and fills the Arctic with its wanderings, to the point of touching the imagination of human beings, who live close to them. Its image is sometimes used for more or less noble purposes. In his essay in French, Rémy Marion attempts to restore the "ice wanderer's" natural gait.

Book: Nord-Est Groenland - In the heart of the world's largest national park

Dr. Michael Wenger

The book by Christian Kempf describes one of the least known corners of Greenland, the North East, and combines a wealth of information into a coherent overall picture for polar fans.

Svalbard - A society in process and paradox

Mirjana Binggeli

Svalbard is facing changes on multiple scales. An ethnological study analyzing this process, and the issues that come with it, has just been published.

Book - Climate Sentinel

Camille Lin

In a book that makes us live the tension of the fieldwork, the motivating charge of the meetings, we have the exciting sensation to be a glaciologist the time of a reading.

Book - Belgica, Nightmare at the Madhouse

Mirjana Binggeli

Following the release in French of Julian Sancton’s book about the Belgica expedition story, PolarJournal goes back to one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions.

Book - Sail to Svalbard

Dr. Michael Wenger

Anyone who wants to travel to and around Svalbard by sailing yacht should take a look at Jon Amtrup's handbook, as it covers everything one needs to know for an icy sailing trip.

Book - Obituary for the Arctic

Dr. Michael Wenger

With her new book "NAchruf auf die Arktis" (Obituary for the Arctic), journalist, polar expert and author Birgt Lutz not only wants to show the problems of the Arctic using Svalbard as an example, but also to give courage for solutions

Book "Polar Bears - Beloved & Betrayed".

Dr. Michael Wenger

The book "Polar bears - Beloved & Betrayed" describes in a more understandable way why polar bear conservation is not consistently implemented by stakeholders.