Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Editorial introduction, On the Cold Edge: Environment, Art, Culture and the Arctic Circle, Hester Blum, Candace Jensen, and Jacinda Russell
Heroism
- Subjective Heroism 01, 02, 03, Andrea Legge
- Anchorage at Virgohamna, Harley Cowan
- Arctic: Crevasse, Hannah Larrabee
- Final Day @ Gipsvika, Hannah Larrabee
- Jessica Creane, Harley Cowan
- Blah Arctic, Jessica Creane
- Captain Jonathan de Rooij; Estée Turk, Sailor; Matu O’Flaherty, First Mate; Sarah Gerats, Expedition Leader, Harley Cowan
Research
- Heartbeat. Port LYR, Sergei Chernikov
- What Remains; Flotsam & Jetsam, Nordkappbukta, Dianne Chisholm
- Drift, Felicia LeRoy
Found Objects
- One Rock; Untitled, Jacinda Russell
- Sundry Articles Found, Laurie Glover
- Let’s Make a Deal; Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Joan Albaugh
- Whale Bone, Harley Cowan
Performative Actions
- Whale Bone, Alexandra Lockhart
- Supporting Love, Leonor Anthony
- Sergei Chernikov with Yeti Mask, Harley Cowan
- The Things We Bring, Joan Albaugh
- The Cuban Flag, Leonor Anthony
- Anchorage at Sallyhamna; Svalbard Global Seed Vault; Jäderin Expedition Landing Marker, 1898, Harley Cowan
- Macrophones; Body of Air: On Infrasound and Sensing Crisis, Brian House
Objectice
- Brash Ice, Spitsbergen (I & II); Ablation, Felicia LeRoy
- Aglarond, Esmarkbreen 78◦ 17.9’ N 013◦ 56.1’ E; Etele, Forelandsundet 78◦ 33.1’ N 011◦ 16.7’ E; Ichorous, Sóre Castrénoya 80◦ 32.7’ N 019◦ 59.4’ E; Lún, Monacobreen 79◦ 30.0’ N 012◦ 33.0’ E; Sérac, Selvågen 78◦ 33.1’ N 011◦ 16.7’ E; Thú, Bjónesskága 78◦ 34.3’ N 012◦ 24.4’ E; Vesicle, Nordkappbukta 80◦ 30.9’ N 019◦ 54.9’ E, Paula Sćiuk
- Bergy Seltzer, Felicia LeRoy
- A Thousand Words for Ice, Dahlbrebukta; Moon Under Virgo Bay, Danskøya, Osceola Refetoff
- Dahlbreen Glacier, Dianne Chisholm
- Esmarkbreen Glacier; Esmarkbreen Glacier, Harley Cowan
Walri
- Walruses at Smeerenburg, Hannah Larrabee
- Walruses of Smeerenburg, Harley Cowan
- 80˚ North, Hannah Larrabee
- Walrus Voyeur, Candace Jensen
Reading the Landscape
- Mirari, Chermsideøya 80◦ 28.2’ N 019◦ 54.8’ E, Paula Sćiuk
- “The World Is Here Too”: Out of Place in Svalbard”, Hester Blum
- Anchorage at Gipsvika; Havhestbreen Glacier; Andrée’s Launch Site, Virgohamna, Harley Cowan
- Resting Place, Joan Albaugh
- Vox Populi Vox Dei, Candace Jensen
- Asemic Land Alphabet, Candace Jensen
- Moonrise, Esmarkbreen, Harley Cowan
Intimacy
- Arctic: Intimacy, Hannah Larrabee
- Reclining Nude #Erikbreen; Reclining Nude #274, Alma Noor
- Collapsing Landscape: No One Surface the Same as Any Other, Jia-Jen Lin
- Arctic: Lover, Hannah Larrabee
- Zombie Ice: Ancient Ice Sample #01; Zombie Ice: Ancient Ice Sample #02, Zoriça Markovich
- Isbjørn, Stubendorffbreen, Dianne Chisholm
- Svalbard Series: Movement Vignettes: Øy; Ice of Breen; Felt Essence of:, Alexandra Lockhart
Frames & Infrastructure
- Salt. Water. Obstruction., Jacinda Russell
- Cars on Unnamed Road, Adventfjorden, Osceola Refetoff
- No Easy Way Into Another World; A Defeat Is Better Than Nothing At All, Terhi Nieminen
- Helke, Hornbækpollen 79◦ 36.2’ N 012◦ 38.7’ E, Paula Sćiuk
- Running and Standing Rigging, S/V Antigua, Harley Cowan
Subjectice
- Smeerenburgbreen, Ashlin Aronin
- The Polar Silk Road, Zoriça Markovich
- Dying in Dreams, Hannah Larrabee
- A Road, or So it Seemed, Joan Albaugh
- Dahlbreen Glacier, Hannah Larrabee
- Ice Memory, Zoriça Markovich
Loss and Reflection
- Untitled (Esmarkbreen), 2022, Drea Zlanabitnig
- Farthest North, Dianne Chisholm
- Subjective Heroism 04, 05, 06, Andrea Legge
- Arctic: Chicxulub Asteroid; Widenfjorden, Hannah Larrabee
- Impermanence, Alexandra Lockhart
The Voyage Home
- Subjective Heroism 07, 08, 09, Andrea Legge
- Approaching Svalbard, Osceola Refetoff
Editors: Hester Blum (Guest Editor), Candace Jensen (Guest Editor), Jacinda Russell (Guest Editor)
Articles
Introduction: On the Cold Edge: Environment, Art, Culture and the Arctic Circle
Hester Blum, Candace N Jensen and Jacinda Russell
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Heroism
Andrea Legge, Harley Cowan, Hannah Larrabee and Jessica Creane
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Research
Sergei Chernikov, Dianne Chisholm and Felicia LeRoy
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Found Objects
Jacinda Russell, Laurie Glover, Joan Albaugh and Harley Cowan
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Performative Actions
Alexandra Lockhart, Leonor Anthony, Harley Cowan, Joan Albaugh and Brian House
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Objectice
Felicia LeRoy, Paula Sćiuk, Osceola Refetoff, Dianne Chisholm and Harley Cowan
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Walri
Hannah Larrabee, Harley Cowan and Candace N Jensen
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Reading the Landscape
Paula Sćiuk, Hester Blum, Harley Cowan, Joan Albaugh and Candace Jensen
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Intimacy
Hannah Larrabee, Sarah Gerats, Jia-Jen Lin, Zoriça Kelly Markovich, Dianne Chisholm and Alexandra Lockhart
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Frames & Infrastructure
Jacinda Russell, Osceola Refetoff, Terhi Nieminen, Paula Sćiuk and Harley Cowan
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Subjectice
Ashlin Aronin, Zoriça Kelly Markovich, Hannah Larrabee and Joan Albaugh
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
Loss and Reflection
Drea Zlanabitnig, Dianne Chisholm, Andrea Legge, Hannah Larrabee and Alexandra Lockhart
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
The Voyage Home
Andrea Legge and Osceola Refetoff
Volume 2 • Issue 1 and 2 • 2026 • On the Cold Edge: Creative Meditations on Svalbard
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