The library of ice : readings from a cold climate / Nancy Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Nancy, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ice.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

322 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Scribner, 2018.

Summary:

"Long captivated by the solid yet impermanent nature of ice, by its stark, rugged beauty, acclaimed poet and writer Nancy Campbell sets out from the world's northernmost museum--at Upernavik in Greenland--to explore it in all its facets. From the Bodleian Library archives to the traces left by the great polar expeditions, from remote Arctic settlements to the ice houses of Calcutta, she examines the impact of ice on our lives at a time when it is itself under threat from climate change"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction : the broken mirror : Upernavik Museum, Greenland

Scientists : calling time : Bodleian Library, Oxford

Explorers : paper trail : Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ; Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge ; National Library, Greenland

Hunters : the sound of a knife : Ilulissat Kunstmuseum, Greenland ; The British Museum, London

Skaters : traces : Reagan National Airport, Washington DC, USA ; Kinross Curling Club, Scotland

Philosophers : under the glacier : Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute, Iceland ; Vatnajökull, Iceland

Gamblers : Break-up : Jan Michalski Foundation, Switzerland ; South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Italy

Epilogue : The icehouse : Walden Pond, Massachusetts, USA ; The oceans.

Notes:

Essays.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781471169311

1471169316

OCLC:

1066750373