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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