The new book of Artica Writings essays is available now!

We are very pleased to share a new printed version of the Artica Writings 2021 essay commissions.

Last year’s series looked to the ocean for inspiration, inviting writers, artists, poets and scientists to share their thoughts on our oceans. This limited edition publication has been designed by City Edition Studio, the book’s jacket is made from plastic recovered from the Andaman Sea in South East Asia, where fisherman are trained and paid to collect, sort, wash and shred plastic waste which is used to make book cloth. 

The publication is available from Artica Svalbard and the essays are in both Norwegian and English (please note any postage costs are not covered) contact books@articasvalbard.no for details on how to get a copy.  

Thank you to Fritt Ord for their generous support in funding this project and to all the writers for their inspiring essays: Philip Hoare, Dora Garcia, Holly Corfield Carr and Frank Nilsen and the translators: Janet Holmén, Einar Blomgren and Eirik Ulltang Birkeland for Språkverkstaden. And the first essay from this year’s series will be available online soon.