Journeys in the Fjord Region of North-East Greenland.
This is a stunning portrait of one of the last great unsullied wildernesses of the northern hemisphere: the vast uninhabited spaces of north-east Greenland.
Iain Roy has photographed the natural wonders of the high Arctic landscape. These gaunt lands were once the home of an Inuit tribe, whose traces Roy documents with pictures of their winter houses, summer tent rings, graves and enigmatic stone mosaics. He also records the remnants of the life of a small band of Norwegian and Danish hunters who during the early 20th century travelled in these lonely fjords on dog sledges.
This is not, however, a document of the past, but a testament to the future: growing environmental consciousness has heightened public awareness of the fragility of this environment, and Iain Roy's astonishing book is as prophetic as it is representative, as disturbing as it is beautiful.
The book records ten journeys made by a small British team who explored the fjord region during the relatively ice-free weeks of the summer. This anthology of original images forms a unique record of a remote Arctic region and it will appeal to those interested in photography, exploration, polar history, archaeology, and environmentalism.
