Description
In 2015, in a tragic natural disaster, a massive avalanche descended on the small Arctic Norwegian city of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, leveling eleven houses and killing a child and a young father. In this arresting book, journalist Line Nagell Ylvisåker explores the effects of a warming planet up close and personal, from inside a remote community intimately attuned to its environment.
Ylvisåker introduces readers to her friends and neighbors, including dedicated meteorologists racing to anticipate future disasters and a veteran trapper who harbors doubts about climate change even as he bears witness to a constantly shifting landscape. Blending memoir, long-form journalism, and scientific reportage, she provides an intimate picture of life in a place where the effects of climate change can be seen in all their startling reality–and a compelling and hopeful argument for collective and cooperative action across the globe.
Author: Line Nagell Ylvisåker
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 5/5/2026
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.5 lbs
Size: 8.4″ H x 5.4″ L x 0.6″ W
ISBN: 9780299357344
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