Arctic Journal grew out of twelve months of fieldwork, living in a remote corner of the Arctic in the most northern permanently inhabited settlement in the world. It is a response to an alluring polar environment and different way of life whose appeal leaves an indelible mark on the mind, changing forever one's perspective on the world. Written in large part during the dark period when there is no sun at all for over three months of the year, the poem is the product of extraordinary circumstances which allowed certain privileged insights into what is happening hamani 'down there' in the urbanised world of megacities and environmental destruction. Battling bitter cold, solitude, a wall of mistrust and the winter darkness, Arctic Journal is a chronological poem of introspection and marks the arrival of an important poet.

About the Author
Leonard is currently a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Having trained as a linguist at Oxford, he held subsequently a Research Fellowship at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He has lived and travelled widely in the Scandinavian Arctic region, and has a long term passion for the spoken word and the wild places left on our planet. He divides his time between Oxford and Sweden. This is his first book of poetry.


Book Information
ISBN 9781909300620
Author Stephen Pax Leonard
Format Paperback
Page Count 102
Imprint The Choir Press
Publisher The Choir Press
Weight(grams) 121g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 6mm