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Burning Ice - Art & Climate Change

First major book title from Cape Farewell

Available for just £19.99

Featuring contributions from Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, David Buckland, Dr Valborg Byfield, Siobhan Davies, Gautier Deblonde, Antony Gormley, Gary Hume, Sir David King, Charlie Kronick, Professor H J Schellnhuber and Rachel Whiteread.

Published by Cape Farewell to accompany The Ship exhibition, at the Natural History Museum, Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change is a 176-page publication comprising 200 stunning colour photographs and illustrations. The book charts the experiences of artists who have voyaged with Cape Farewell including Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, David Buckland, Siobhan Davies, Gautier Deblonde, Antony Gormley, Gary Hume and Rachel Whiteread and the work they have subsequently produced. Extracts from expedition journals complement writings by novelists Ian McEwan and Robert Macfarlane warning of the impacts of climate change.

Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change also features essays from leading scientists, advisers and other specialists on climate change, energy efficiency, ocean science and carbon trading. Contributors include Professor Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to H.M. Government; Professor H J Schellnhuber, Director Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Dr Valborg Byfield, Oceanographer, National Oceanography Centre and Charlie Kronick, Chief Policy Adviser & Leader, Climate Change Campaign, Greenpeace UK.

Key features include

  • Stunning images of work by internationally renowned artists
  • Thought-provoking texts by contemporary writers
  • Essays by leading climatologists on global warming  challenges and solutions

The book is priced at £19.99. For press information or general enquiries about Cape Farewell's publishing programme please contact Cape Farewell.

Cape Farewell published the book, Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change, to accompany a major exhibition of art from the Cape Farewell expeditions The Ship at the Natural History Museum in 2006.

Publication information:
June 2006 * 176pp * £19.99
Paperback * 0-9553109-0-3
240 x 280mm * full colour throughout
Designed by Bullet Creative

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Walking on an icecap during the 2004 Art/Science Expedition
The Atlantic Conveyor, an article by Dr Valborg Byfield
Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change, the first major book title from Cape Farewell
Antony Gormley and Peter Clegg, Three Made Places, 2005, (process)
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, Stranded, 2005–2006, (process)
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, Stranded, 2005–2006, (process)
Siobhan Davies, Endangered Species, 2006 (still)
Gary Hume, Hermaphrodite Polar Bear, 2003
Alex Hartley, Nymark (Undiscovered Island) 2005–2006, (detail)
Nick Edwards, 80°05'N 16°44'E, 2005, (still)
Gautier Deblonde, from The Svalbard Series, 2003-2005
The Noorderlicht locked in ice at Tempelfjorden, just North of the 79th parallel, during the 2005 Art/Science Expedition
David Buckland and Ian McEwan in conversation during the 2005 Art/Science Expedition
David Buckland, Ice Texts, 2004–2005
Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey carve their Ice Lens during the 2005 Art/Science Expedition
Siobhan Davies, Walking Dance, 2005
Gautier Deblonde, from The Svalbard Series, 2003-2005
Michèle Noach, The Contextascope, 2005–2006
Cover image of the Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change book

Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change, the first major book title from Cape Farewell