Oct
30
2014
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Through the Looking Glass
There's a saying that necessity is the mother of invention. April Surgent discovered that being trapped by ice at a research station in Antarctica for the better part of two months required a little flexibility and ingenuity when it came to fulfilling her artistic vision.
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Feb
14
2014
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Little Oblivion
After graduating with a Masters of Fine Arts degree, Susan J. Allspaw Pomeroy did what any other poet and academic would do: She jumped on a research boat to Antarctica to work as a tech writer. More than a dozen years later, Pomeroy published her debut book of poetry about her first love: Antarctica.
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Dec
27
2013
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Poetic License
When poet Jynne Martin learned the National Science Foundation sponsored an Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, she immediately applied for a chance to visit the place of her childhood dreams. She followed seals and scientists in the pursuit to learn about the research for her next book of poetry.
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Aug
08
2013
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Not Flat
Katharine Coles isn't your stereotypical poet. She founded the Utah Symposium in Science and Literature, and she comes from a family of scientists. So it certainly wasn't a stretch that her interest in science would take her to Antarctica on a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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May
02
2013
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Final Countdown
Anthony Powell has been working on his documentary about the world's coldest continent for about a decade now. Finally, Antarctica: A Year on Ice will start hitting movie theaters this summer.
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Apr
12
2013
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Airy Words
Charles Hood's latest work, South x South, celebrates Antarctica's aviation history and unique culture through a series of poems, from the playful to the meditative. His work was supported by a grant from the NSF's Artists and Writers Program.
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Mar
15
2013
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Developing New Perspectives
Larissa Min's family is originally from Korea. She was born in Brazil. At age 12, her family migrated from South America to the United States. The creative writer naturally tackles themes of identity and displacement. Her next continental shift will take place in Antarctica.
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Jan
27
2012
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Embedded with scientists
Chris Linder has taken part in two dozen research expeditions over the last decade, many of them to the polar regions. It seemed only a matter of time before he produced a book on his experiences from four of those expeditions, including one to Antarctica and a visit with the continent's iconic bird, the Adélie penguin.
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Aug
26
2011
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Birth of Antarctic Science
Historian Edward Larson believes an important thread is missing from the vast tapestry of lore that has been spun about the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Many of the men who toiled, suffered and even died in the early 20th century did so first and foremost in the pursuit of science.
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Aug
19
2011
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The Art of Science
Poet Katharine Coles went to Palmer Station on an Antarctic Artists and Writers grant from the National Science Foundation. What compelled her to go? She answers as only a poet can: Truth, of course. Cheek-to-cheek contact with the sublime. Insight into the nature of reality.
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Feb
11
2011
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Science Takes Off
Charles Hood's book will explore the relationship between aviation and science in Antarctica. He wonders: Is there really a strong relationship between flying and doing research? The answer from the scientists themselves: It's simple. No airplanes means no science.
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Feb
04
2011
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Condition One
The Antarctic and the city of Detroit: These two places, separated by more than 9,000 miles and residing in different hemispheres, would seem to be far apart from one another in more ways than just geography. Yet filmmakers John Major and Frida Waara see a common message between the white continent and one of America's most blighted and downtrodden cities.
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Dec
17
2010
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Fraser's Penguins
Journalist Fen Montaigne traveled to Antarctica in 2005 on a grant from the National Science Foundation to write a book about Bill Fraser's decades-long research on the seabirds of the Antarctic Peninsula, particularly the Adélie penguins. The book chronicles life among the scientists during a summer season in Antarctica.
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The Aesthetics of Antarctic Architecture
All Creatures Great and Small
