Theirs photoreportage investigative "Arctic: New Frontier” is a double expedition exploring the effects of climate change on the entire Arctic territory. They want to experience the dramatic transformation of natural landscapes and gods data collected demographic in the Arctic and the impact of these changes on the lives of the inhabitants of the region.
The photos of Yuri Kozyrev e Magnitude of Lohuizen they are superb. Through them, from Siberia, Svalbard , Greenland al Canada e alaska, we discover the Arctic today, with its landscapes and wildlife that are drawing increasing numbers of tourists, as well as its populations who are exposed to extreme climatic conditions and who mine villas such as nickel and other, gas, oil and coal. Protecting the environment doesn't seem central to their business, to put it mildly. -Jean Jouzel, climatologist, winner of the 2012 Vetlesen Award and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Award 2007 as director of the IPCC
For the first time, two photojournalists simultaneously covered the irreversible changes that have taken place in the Arctic region, witnessing the effects of the melting polar ice caps.
Yuri Kozyrev traveled the road of the Russian seaports of the Arctic, accompanying the last remnant of the region's nomadic people, the Nenets during their seasonal movement known as transhumance. This article is for the first time in the history of the Nenets in 2018, due to the melting of the permafrost. Kozyrev skirted the coast of the Barents Sea in the north of the country and traveled aboard the Monchegorsk, the first container ship to use the unassisted North Sea route. He met people who had been built by Normesk, and then went to Murmansk, where the first floating nuclear power plant is under construction in secret.
Kadir van Lohuizen began his journey on the Norwegian island of Spitzberg in the Svalbard archipelago. He then followed the Northwest Passage, which is now the route between Europe and Asia thanks to the melting ice. In Greenland, he places scientists who have recently discovered the existence of frozen rivers beneath the ice sheet, which are directly contributing to the planet's rising water levels. South of Cornwallis Island, off the coast of Canada, Canadian Army resident, following the Arctic region. Finally, he traveled to Kivalina, an indigenous village on the northern tip of Alaska, which, according to current forecasts, will disappear under water by 2025.
The forces of tourism, militarization, the exploitation of gas and mineral resources, and the opening up of Arctic trade are two sides of the equation. on strategic importance in the history of mankind due to the effects of global warming. The photographs of “Arctic: New Frontier” by Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen are alarming testimony to the speed of change in the area and the upheavals that are taking place on a global scale.
Sharing with the Fondation Carmignac the values of openness and support for creation, the City of Science and is delighted to present the photographic industry exhibition “Arctic: New Frontier” which fully resonates with the ICT mission to raise awareness of respect for the environment and biodiversity.
From 7 November to 9 December 2018 – Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France.
Image: Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Arctic, Alaska, Point Hope, whale hunting, May 2018
