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U.S . An tar ctic P ro gr am , 2 0 04 –
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I. Ae ron o m y an d Astro p hy sics
ARTISTS AND
WRITERS PROGRAM
II . Bio log y an d Me di cin e
Unde rwa ter pho tographer N orbe rt W u, a
pa rticipa nt in NSF 's Antar ctic Artists and Wr iters
pro gram, do cuments M cMurdo So und's unique
ecosy stem in photo gra phs and te xt on his web
site a nd in the H DTV film U nde r A nta rctic Ice ,
aire d on PBS te levisio n in 2003
( http:/ /www.norbe rtwu.co m/). ( Photo co ur tesy
of N ober t W u. )
II I. Lo n g -Te rm Eco lo g ical
Rese arch
IV. O cea n an d C lim a te Sy stem s
V. G eo lo gy a nd Ge op h ysics
VI. Gl acio lo gy
VII . Arti sts an d W rite rs
Pr og ra m
PD F Ver sion
OP P h om e p ag e
Ant arcti c S cien ce s S ectio n
Po la r Re se ar ch S up p or t S ecti on
U.S . An n ua l An tar ctic T re aty
Ex cha n ge o f In fo rm a tio n
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Ov erv iew
Mission Anta rctica.
Anta rctic a ntho logy.
End a s beginni ng: An Am erica n a nta rctic ima gina ry.
Time , place , a nd imaginatio n: I mages and po ems from Anta rctica.
Vast Acti ve Liv ing Inte lligence Syste m: P ho togra phing the South P o le.
z Anta rctica —The Bio gra phy o f a Co ntine nt.
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Overview
The Na tiona l Scie nce Founda tion's (N SF's) Antarctic Artists a nd W riters Pr ogram m ake s it
po ssi ble for the hum anities (painting, photo gra phy , writing, and histo ry) to be part of the
U.S. Antar ctic P rogra m. Ar tists and wr iters wor k at U.S. sta tions a nd cam ps, o ften with
scie nce gro ups but some times o n their own, to crea te work s tha t portr ay the re gio n o r
the a ctivities that tak e pla ce the re .
The Antarctic Artists a nd Write rs Pro gr am contributes to NSF 's goa l o f a dv ancing
disco ver y whil e disse minating re sults br oa dly to e nha nce scientific a nd technolo gica l
understa nding. The progra m helps reco rd the Na tion's antarctic herita ge , re spo nding to
White H ouse directio n that the U .S. Antar ctic Pr ogram suppo rt the ra nge o f U .S. inte re sts
in the region. Applicatio n pro cedur es are a va ilable o n the NSF we b site a t
www.nsf.go v/pubsy s/o ds/ ge tpub.cfm , a nd a list o f past pa rticipants ca n be fo und at
www.nsf.go v/o d/o pp/a awr .htm .
The sele ction pro cess fo r the Ar tists and W riter s P rogra m is co mpa ra ble to the o ne fo r
scie nce pro je cts in tha t a pe er -rev iew panel me ets at NSF a nnua lly to ev aluate the
applica tions; this panel's adv ice he av ily influences the sele ctio ns. The a pplica nts who a re
cho sen r eceiv e fi eld suppo rt ( including ai r tra ve l fro m the U nite d Sta te s), but no dire ct
NSF funding. The progra m, while intended m ainly for U.S. ci ti ze ns, considers requests
fro m artists a nd writer s who liv e in o the r A nta rctic Tre aty natio ns but whose a pplicatio ns
de monstra te tha t thei r wo rk s will re ach a significa nt U .S. audience. The applicatio n
de adline fo r pa rticipa tion in the 2006 –2007 a ustra l summ er sea son w ill be 1 J une 2005.
Mission Antarctica.
Yann Arthu s -Bertrand.
Mr. Ar thus -Bertra nd plans to ta ke a eria l pho to s tha t will be use d in se ve ral wa ys: first,
the y will be par t o f the Ea rth fro m Abo ve proje ct, which incl udes an ex hibit tha t will to ur
the U nite d Sta tes ( with stops i n Chicago, Los Ange les, Miam i, a nd Ne w Yor k, a mo ng
other cities) . Seco nd, the y will be inco rpo ra ted into the Altitude P ho togra phic Libr ary ,
one of the wo rld's la rgest colle cti ons o f a eria l photo gr aphs. Third, they w ill be part of a
bo ok . Fina lly, Europea n ma gazines such as Stern, Par is M atch, and El Pa is a re intere ste d
in using the m to accom pa ny repor ts o n the regio n. The photo s wo uld be a ccom pa nie d
with tex ts wr itte n by e nv ironme ntal scientists. (W –217–M)
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Antarctic anthology.
Sus an Fox Rogers.
Ms. Ro ge rs will a ssemble a n antholo gy of w ritings on life in Antar ctica a s e xper ienced by
resea rchers, explo rer s, artists, a nd o the rs w ho ha ve spent a significa nt a mo unt of tim e
on the ice. To ma ke this antho lo gy a we ll- rounde d re pr esentatio n o f the pe ople a nd
exper iences in the U.S. A nta rctic P ro gra m, she will tra vel e xtensive ly (to S outh P ole a nd
McMurdo Statio ns, to sev era l fiel d ca mps, and possibly to o ne o f the rese arch ve sse ls) to
mee t a nd interv iew possible contributors.
She a lso intends to v isi t those site s that will be descri be d in this co llectio n (o r
co mpar able ones) : the M cMurdo Dr y Valle ys, a re mo te ca mp ( which can the n se rve a s a
represe nta tive o f o the r re mo te ca mps), a nd the South P ole . Such e xperie nces w ill he lp
he r shape the colle cti on a nd prov ide the back gro und to edit the per so nal e ssa ys tha t w ill
be include d. She will reco rd, transcribe, and edit the storie s o f those who ca nno t wr ite
do wn their e xperie nce s. The final pr oduct, a bo ok -length colle ctio n o f perso nal essay s,
will o ffer a n intima te po rtrai t o f life on the co ntine nt. ( W–218–M)
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End as beginning: An American antarctic
imaginary.
Elena Glasberg.
Ms. Glasber g will ga the r mate ria l for a m anuscri pt on U.S. a nta rctic fiction, histo ry, and
mate rial cultur e. H er focus i s the interpla y of i ce a nd hum an culture both histo rically a nd
to day , so she will inte rvie w pe ople o n their prev ious k nowle dge o f Antarctica a nd ask
the m ho w the y disco ve red it in the ir o wn liv es and in the ir profe ssio nal live s. Wa s it
thro ugh po pula r culture, in schoo l, o r e lsewhere ? What archive s, ima ges, a nd
pre suppositio ns do pe ople hav e, and how do the y affect pe ople? H ow do the y shape
pe ople's e nco unte r wi th the pla ce and thus the pl ace itself?
She w ill v isit So uth Po le Sta tion a nd deep fie ld sites, Black Isla nd, a nd Pa lme r S ta tion.
She w ill e nga ge in as many a ctivities as possible to ex perie nce the ra nge o f historica l,
ico nic pola r a ctiv ities in the com pa ny of the peo ple who live a nd work the re. ( W –219–M)
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Time, place, and imagination: Images and poems
from Antarctica.
Judith E Nut ter.
Ms. N utte r pla ns to study wha t happens in, a nd to, the m ind when a per so n finds himself
or herse lf in a e xtre me la ndscape: That is, what narr ative s a nd ima ge s do es the mi nd
pro duce o ut o f its e xperie nce a nd under sta nding o f such la ndscapes, whe the r the y ar e
physica l o r emo tiona l?
She w ill pro duce a ser ies of po ems and v isua l images that will be published and e xhibite d
to gether. She will e xplo re the myths a nd re alitie s o f Antar ctica thro ugh w ords a nd visua l
images in a n a tte mpt to arriv e at a dee pe r understa nding o f its a biding hold on the
huma n ima gi na tion. This wo rk will be crea ted in response to the a nta rctic la ndsca pe a s
well as to the histo ry o f Antarctica a nd the interna l la ndsca pe s o f the pe ople who a re
dra wn to wo rk ther e. She write s bo th lyri c (m editativ e, pe rsonal) a nd narr ative po ems,
and her prev ious visual wo rk ha s be en do ne prima rily in pa stels. H owe ve r, she intends to
ca pture the sta rkness and grandeur of the la ndscape in w ater co lo rs, a mo re e the rea l
medium.
She pla ns to tra vel with gra nte es in their fieldwo rk whenev er possible and sa il o n the
resea rch ship Laurence M. Gould, e spe cia lly if it goe s to P alm er Statio n v ia the Ge rlache
and Bra nsfie ld Stra its. She also pla ns to stay o ve rnight in a tent at Old P alm er Statio n
and possibly at Ja nus or DeLa ca Island, o r a t a no ther loca tion. ( W–220–P)
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Vast Active Living Intelligence System:
Photographing the South Pole.
Conn ie Samaras.
Ms. Sa mar as will photo gr aph the new Amundse n- Sco tt Statio n under co nstruction at the
South P ole fro m a number o f va ntage po ints, both inside and o utside, to undersco re the
spa ce be twee n life support a rchite ctur e and e xtre me clima te. She plans to juxta pose
se em ingly dispa ra te view s within the sam e fr ame ( reflectio ns, indo or a nd o utdo or
lighting, inte rio r space s a ga inst la ndscape) to undersco re the som etime s co ntra dicto ry
inte rsectio ns of techno logy , cul ture , nature , and tim e unique to the Anta rctic. The title of
the ser ies —Vast Acti ve Liv ing Inte lligence Syste m —is borr owe d from scie nce fiction
writer P hilip K. Dick.
Ano ther objective is to depict the interse ction o f the re al and v irtua l worlds, tha t is, the
impa ct o f the influx o f com munica tions a nd ne w te chno logies o n scientifi c inve stiga tion
and com munity li fe a t the statio n.
With their perm ission, she will pho tograph a range of subjects— scie ntists, co nstructio n
work ers, support pe rso nnel, and so o n— and, whenev er po ssibl e, wil l a cco mpany them to
ne arby sites. She a lso ho pes to tak e ae rial shots fro m the co ckpit o f the plane at a rriva l
and departure a nd ae rial v iews of the So uth Po le itself.
Before she le av ing fo r Anta rctica, she will ta lk with e nginee rs a nd constructio n per so nne l
to refine he r ide as and co nta ct the Fe rra ro Cho i a rchi te ctur al fir m to fa milia rize herse lf
with the co nce pts tha t w ent into form ul ating their design.
He r wo rk — most rece ntly urba nsca pe s o f Lo s Angele s, Las Vega s, and N ew Yo rk — ha s
be en e xte nsiv ely e xhibited both na tiona lly and interna tionally . H er a nta rctic pro je ct will
also be widely e xhibite d, as well a s published in va rio us cata logs a nd jo urnals. Mo re ov er,
be ca use this project is e ssentially a do cume ntary m apping the significant architectura l
and historica l changes at the South P ole , she pla ns to dona te so me o f the ima ge s a nd
ne ga tive s to the a rchiv es of the N atio nal Science Fo undatio n ( and/or the Smithsonia n
photo graphic a rchiv es) . (W –221 –S)
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Antarctica—The Biography of a Continent.
Gabrielle Walker.
Ms. Wa lke r will be doing r esea rch for a scie nce bo ok title d Anta rctica— The Bio gra phy o f a
Continent . This na rra tive , nonfiction bo ok will be writte n for a la y audie nce and will
wea ve to ge the r de scr iptio ns o f science, pla ces, a nd pe ople in Anta rctica. The ide a is to
ge t a t the perso na lity of the co ntine nt through the e yes of rese archer s, through viv id
de scr iptio ns o f the diffe re nt e nv ironme nts in w hich the y wor k, a nd thr ough what
antarctic sci ence te lls us a bo ut the continent and its pla ce in the wo rld.
The boo k will be divide d into fo ur par ts: pa st, pr esent, futur e, a nd afterlife. It aims to
giv e rea de rs a go od sense of the v arie ty o f the landsca pe and the ma ny diffe rent kinds of
scie nce tha t a re being done . To tha t e nd, she ho pe s to v isit a r ange o f diffe rent field
enviro nments a nd join scie ntists invol ved in differ ent k inds o f re se ar ch. Late r in the
se aso n, she a lso hopes to join a scientific cruise a nd visit so me site s run by Europea n
pro grams, nota bl y the Br itish Antarctic Surve y's Rother a Statio n. ( W–223–M)
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