Zackenberg on the edge of winter gives a unique portrait of the winter
at one of the desolate research stations in the High Arctic. With his
camera as the storyteller Mads C. Forchhammer takes us on a rare journey
into the monochromatic winter period at Zackenberg Research Station in
Northeast Greenland. His evocative and artistic black and white
photographs portray the life of a rugged bunch challenging the high
arctic winter when Greenland may seem dismal and perhaps even hostile to
many. Tales of cutting through two meters of ice and launching a
underwater robot and collecting the remains of the organisms adapted to
the harsh arctic conditions are among several encapsulating stories of
Zackenberg. From the first family visits to Narsaq and Sarfannguaq in
the early 1980ies, Greenland has become central in the professional and
artistic life of Mads C. Forchhammer. Following a 3-year stay 1985-88 as
a radiosonde assistant at the weather station Danmarkshavn, he became a
biologist at Aarhus University and has since 1990 regularly carried out
field work throughout Greenland. At all time, his camera has accompanied
him. This book emerges from his passion to high arctic Greenland. Many
of his photographs have featured worldwide in fine art photography
magazines and web sites.
