Frozen Latitudes

Frozen Latitudes

The high-quality illustrated book describes some of the most beautiful and remote places in the Arctic: expeditions to West and East Greenland and to Franz Josef Land in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.

For 150. Anniversary of the discovery of Franz Josef Land 1872-1874, the book provides insights into the archipelago, which is only 800 km from the North Pole and is therefore heavily affected by climate change is, as the Director of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI explains in his essay and supplements with current research results, why the Arctic is the “Hot Spot” of climate change represents.

About the author:
Christoph Ruhsam is APRI Media Officer and passionate landscape photographer who has been traveling the Arctic on expeditions for decades.