Polar STEAM and the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences Office of Polar Programs and the Directorate for STEM Education have awarded Oregon State University a five-year cooperative agreement to be the facilitator for the Polar Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (Polar STEAM) initiative (NSF award #2221990), which includes management of the previous Antarctic Artists and Writer's (AAW) program.

Polar STEAM is a new initiative that encompasses and enriches two longstanding efforts:

  • Support through the AAW program for writing and artistic projects specifically designed to increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the Antarctic and the human endeavors on the southernmost continent.
  • Support for formal and informal educators to travel to the Antarctic and Arctic to work collaboratively with researchers, referred to as the Polar Educators program.

For decades, these efforts have provided unique professional development opportunities that have benefited the individual artists, writers and educators and the diverse communities they serve.

Past participants of the Antarctic Artists and Writers program

Note: award numbers are available only for projects after 2004. Project information posted here was current at the time of award.

Additional information about past participants and their work can be found on the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective (AAWC) website

Anne Aghion, filmmaker, 2006. 
"Ice People" — Explore Antarctica’s Dry Valleys in search of remnants of ancient life. Released in 2008 and available on DVD and at film festivals in the United States, Europe and Canada.
Website: http://www.icepeople.com
Award #0537954

Sarah Airriess, graphic novelist, 2019. 
"The Worst Journey in the World"— a graphic novel.
Award #1839483

Lita Albuquerque, artist, 2006. 
"Stellar Axis: Antarctica" — A temporary art installation on the sea ice near the South Pole consisting of fabricated blue spheres, the placement of each corresponding to locations of specific stars in the sky above, and symbolically linking the terrestrial with the celestial. Related projects include photographic exhibits, a website, public lectures and academic courses relating to Antarctic science and art.
Award #0537948

Nena Allen, painter, 1991. 
Shows at galleries in the southeastern United States.

Anil Ananthaswamy, science writer, 2007. 
"To the Edge of Reason: Pilgrimages to the Holy Sites of Cosmology" will tell the story of cutting-edge cosmology in a unique and innovative way. 
Award #0637460

Todd Anderson and co-Principal Investigator Ian van Coller, artists 2019 
"Ice Core Time Capsules: The Art and Science of US Antarctic Glacier Research"
Award #1745429

Sarah Andrews, writer, 2005. 
"In Cold Pursuit" forensic geology mystery novel (published in 2007). 
Award #0440665

Jennifer Armstrong, writer, 2003. 
"Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance." 
"Spirit of Endurance" (Illustrated by William Maugham). 
"Ice through the ages"nonfiction book for young adults.

Elizabeth Arthur, writer, 1990. 
"Antarctic Navigation"  — novel (Knopf, 1995). 

Morton Beebe, filmmaker, 2010.
"Return to Antarctica"
Award #0840070

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer, 2004.
"Earth from Above" — book and exhibits worldwide (including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York). Photos will also be incorporated into the Altitude Photographic Library, one of the world's largest collections of aerial photographs and will be part of a book. European magazines such as Stern, Paris Match and El Pais have expressed interest in using them to accompany reports on the region. The photos are accompanied by texts written by environmental scientists.
Website: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/v2/yab_us.htm

Kimberly A. Baranowski, sculpture and installation artist, 2007.
"The Frozen Field" — series of Antarctic-inspired, large sculptural installations designed to instill a sense of wonder at the beauty of the region, while bringing to light the potential for instability in the Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem. Baranowski traveled to NSF Palmer Station to gather research for this project.
Award #0637459

James H. Barker, ethnographer-photographer, 1996.
Photographic documentation of the people of Antarctica.

Michael Bartalos, graphic artist, 2008.
"The Art of Recycling in Antarctica: The Long View" — sculptural "book" about the U.S. Antarctic Program's recycling efforts, using discarded materials Bartalos collected during his trip. (Read more about the artist in "The long view Bartalos recycles Antarctic rubbish into artwork about conservation" in the U.S. Antarctic Program's e-magazine, Antarctic Sun.)
Award #0739945

Yvonne Baskin, science writer, 2003.
A book for the general reader about soil diversity.

Arthur Beaumont, painter, 1958.
Paintings of military, historical and other subjects.

Kenneth Bertrand, historian, 1961.
"Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948" — book on the definitive history of U.S. involvement in the Antarctic (554p., American Geographical Society, 1971). 

Lisa Blatt, photographer, 2008.
The artist will use a minimalist, non-traditional style of photography and video to draw the viewer into Antarctica's aesthetic beauty and use that as an ecological and scientific resource to educate viewers about the larger issues of Antarctica.
Award #0735138

Lucy Jane Bledsoe, writer, 1999, 2003.
Children's novel and nonfiction for children and adults. Literary essays.

Alan Campbell, painter, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005. 
Watercolors and drawings displayed at shows and galleries in New Zealand, Chile, and the United States. Exhibition catalog. For the 2005 trip, his son Collin Campbell, painter, accompanied him as part of Campbell's field party. 
Award #0440702

Kirsten Carlson and co-principal investigator Michelle Schwengel-Regala, artists, 2017. 
"Under the Ice: Two Artists Collaborate to Connect Audiences with Antarctic Sea Life and Science" 
Award #1745408

Michael W. Carroll, author, artist, 2016. 
"Alien Landscapes," "Antarctica Earth's Own Ice World" by Michael Carroll and Rosaly Lopes (2018).
Award #1444657

Christopher Cokino, writer, 2003. 
"The Fallen Sky: Eccentrics and Scientists in Pursuit of Shooting Stars" — book about meteorites.

Katharine Coles, writer, 2012. 
"Antarctica: Micro, Macro and In-between: A series of Triptych"
Award #0840023: Natural Curiosities: Poems of Exploration, Antarctica.

Allyson Comstock, artist, 2012. 
Images that examine research at three different spatial scales. 
Award #1158882

Lawrence J. Conradand Ann Parks Hawthorne, toponymist and photographer, 2003. 
"Field Guide to Antarctic Features: McMurdo Sound Region"illustrated gazetteer.

Xavier Cortada, painter, 2006. 
"ANTARCTICArt Message Mural" — a three-part series of site-specific work. After returning to Miami, Cortada will create an exhibit from the materials developed in Antarctica that will travel throughout America and perhaps the world and will work with cultural organizations and museums as part of the traveling tour. 
Award #0538105

Neelon Crawford, photographer, 1989, 1991,1992, 1993, 1994. 
"Southern Lights Portfolio" photogravures etchings. Exhibitions at galleries. Exhibition catalogs. 

Leland Curtis, artist, 1957. 

Lucia deLeiris, painter, 1985, 1995. 
"Natural History of the Antarctic Peninsula" — book by author Sanford Moss(Columbia University Press, 1988); watercolors and drawings shown at museums and galleries.
"The Adelie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change"— book with David Ainley (out of print).
"Antarctic Journal — the Hidden Worlds of Antarctica's Animals" — book with Meredith Hooper (National Geographic and Frances Lincoln, 2000).
"The Island that Moved" — book with Meredith Hooper (Viking Juvenile, May 2004). 

Jennifer Dewey, painter, writer, 1985.
"Birds of Antarctica" — a series that includes drawings and two illustrated children's books, "The Adélie Penguin" and "The Wandering Albatross" (Little, Brown, 1989).

Elise Engler, artist, 2010. 
"Unpacking Antarctica" — multimedia work detailing the material supported needed to perform Antarctic research. 
Award #0840003 

Donald Finkel, poet, 1968. 
"Adequate Earth" — book-length poem (Atheneum, 1972).
"Endurance" — book-length poem (Atheneum, 1978).
Poet Emeritus, Washington University.

Jody Forster, photographer, 1992, 1995.
Exhibitions in galleries in the American Southwest and elsewhere.

Donald Fortescue, artist, 2016. 
"Artistic and Scientific Fieldwork at the South Pole: Inquiry at the Edge of Possibility.
Award #1445057

William L. Fox, writer, 2001. 
"Envisioning Antarctica" — history and nature of Antarctic images.
"Terra Antarctica: Looking into the emptiest continent" — book (Trinity University Press, 2005).

Elena Glasberg, humanities scholar, 2004. 
"Envisioning Antarctica" — history and nature of Antarctic images. 
"Terra Antarctica: Looking into the emptiest continent" — book (Trinity University Press, 2005).

Helen Glazer, artist, 2015. 
"Above, Below and Within the Ice" — a series of sculptures that will document the interaction between ice and the Antarctic landscape. 
Award #1444831

James Gorman, writer, 1991. 
"Ocean Enough and Time: Travels in the Southern Ocean" — book (HarperCollins, 1995).

Mariana Gosnell, writer, 1992. 
"Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance" — book (Random House, 2005).

Stanley Greenberg, photographer, 2012. 
Photographs of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory: Documentation of the final assembly of the large-scale experiment before the final component is encased in ice as designed. 
Award #0840007

Jessica Grindstaff, artist, 2010. 
The Shackleton Project: Marionettes used in production that ties modern-day scientific exploration to the "Heroic Era." 
Award #0840155

Louis J. Halle, writer, 1969. 
"The Sea and the Ice, a Naturalist in Antarctica" — book (286 p., Houghton Mifflin, 1973; Cornell University Press, 1989).

Ann Parks Hawthorne, photographer, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2005. 
Numerous photo credits in domestic and international books and magazines. Represented by Black Star (New York) and C&B Alexander (England).

Kathleen Heideman, poet, 2005. 
"The Scientific Method: Poems of Antarctic Inquiry & Research" — in preparation. 
Award #0440619

Judit Hersko, installation artist, 2008. 
"Shifting Baselines ANtarctica" — multimedia project that is part of the "Art and Science" project, initiated at California State University, San Marcos, that will bring the Antarctic experience to viewers through multimedia installations, artist books, digital and web projects, articles, and presentations, as well as through university and K-12 education.
Award #0739888

Werner Herzog, filmmaker, 2006. 
"Antarctica: the Inner Landscape" — a documentary film based on Herzog's perception that the continent's volcanic activity, geological history, evolution and survival of life represent the inner landscape of the planet. The project will culminate in a feature-length film with support from Creative Differences Productions and the Discovery Channel and will also be distributed on DVD. 
Award #0538072

Charles Hood, author, 2011. 
"Flying to Pellucidar: Antarctic Aviation" — a one-volume history of Antarctic aviation in support of science. 
Award #0840109

Meredith Hooper, writer. 
"The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica" — a firsthand account of the effects of climate change on Antarctica. Hooper lived and worked with scientists observing the summer population of Adélie penguins nesting at Palmer Station for one summer. "Ferocious Summer" was first published by Profile Books (August 2007) in Great Britain and has since been printed by Canadian publisher Greystone Books (April 2008) for distribution to North American readers. In September 2008, the book won the prestigious Australian Nettie Palmer Award for Non-fiction.

Meredith Hooper, writer and Lucia deLeiris, illustrator, 1999. 
"Antarctic Journal—the Hidden Worlds of Antarctica's Animals" — book (National Geographic and Frances Lincoln, 2000).
"The Island that Moved" — book (Viking Juvenile, May 2004).

Meredith Hooper, writer and William R. Fraser, ornithologist, 2001. 
A book about the doing of Antarctic science.

Rebecca Johnson, Writer, 1991, 1994, 1997. 
"Investigating the Ozone Hole" — young adult book (Lerner, 1993). 
"Science on the Ice: an Antarctic Journal" — young adult book (Lerner, 1995). 
"Women Working in Antarctica" — young adult book (Lerner, 1997). 
Book on polar paleontology (forthcoming).

Henry Kaiser, musician, 2001, 2005. 
Solo acoustic guitar CD about Antarctica. 
Website: http://www.henrykaiser.net/
Award #0439708

Chris Kannen, painter, 2007. 
Observations, sketches and paintings while based at Lake Hoare Camp in Taylor Valley. The research infrastructure in this location provides an opportunity for Kannen to observe a dramatic combination of fierceness and fragility. 
Award #0638404

Kathleen Keeley, writer (Young Adult Fiction), 2007. 
"Molly Finn and the Southern Ocean" — the fourth book in the series of Molly Finn novels for young people ages 10-13. Readers share the experiences of a young girl struggling with the typical (and some not-so-typical) experiences common to the preteen years. 
Website: http://katekeeley.blogspot.com/2008/01/memories-of-water-and-ice.html
Award #0637271

Scott Kelley, watercolorist, 2003. 
Paintings. 
Website: http://www.scottkelleystudio.com/

Stuart Klipper, photographer, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999. 
Major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the University of Iowa Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago; included in these museums' collections. Forthcoming book (John Hopkins University Press). Twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Daniel Lang, painter, 1975. 
Paintings at galleries and museums in the U.S. and Europe. Traveling exhibition.

Edward J. Larson, historian of science, 2003. 
Book-length history of Antarctic science.

Gretchen Legler, writer, 1997. 
"On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica" — a book of literary essays (Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, 2005).
Website: http://gretchenlegler.com/books/on-the-ice/

Cheryl Leonard, musician and composer, 2008. 
During her trip to Antarctica, Leonard collected natural materials and sounds to develop a series of musical compositions based on the forces that shape environments and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region. For stories, sounds, and photos from her trip, visit http://www.musicfromtheice.blogspot.com/ 
Award #0739804

Vincent LiCata, artist, 2015. 
"Persistence of Vision: Antarctica" — a multimedia exhibit that ties together images from the "Heroic Age of Exploration" at the turn of the 20th century and their modern equivalents.
Award #1344440

Chris Linder, photographer, 2010. 
Raptor of the South: Volume of photographs on the Skua. 
Award #0839980

Barry Lopez, Writer, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2019. 
"Our frail planet in cold, clear view: the South Pole as global laboratory" — article for Harper's (May 1989, p. 43-49).
"Offshore: A Journey to the Weddell Sea" — article for Washington Post Outlook and Orion (Winter 1994, p. 48-65).
Horizon, 2019.

John Major and co-principal investigator Frida Waara, videographers, 2010. 
"Condition One: A Film about Extremes and the Human Spirit." 
Award #0839982

Sandra Markle, writer, 1996, 1998.
Children's book, "Pioneering Frozen Worlds" (Atheneum, 1996). "Super Cool Science. South Pole Stations Past, Present, and Future" (Walker and Company, 1997), "Growing Up Wild: Penguins" (Atheneum, 2000). Educational material on the internet, On-Line Expeditions: Antarctica (1996) and Antarctic Journals (1998). Numerous school and conference presentations.

Bob Marstall, artist, 2002. 
Book (with Laurence Pringle, writer) for young readers about the Weddell seal. 
Website: http://www.marstallstudio.com/

Susan McCarthy, author, 2015. 
"Observing the Snowy Sheathbill and Its Behavior" — a children's book designed to draw young people into an understanding of Antarctic ecosystems by focusing on a particular and lesser-known creature whose habits youngsters are likely to find of interest. 
Award #1344304

Glenn McClure, composer, 2016. 
"Music in the Ice: Musical Interpretation of and Instructional Module on Ross Ice Shelf Wave-Induced Vibrations." 
Award #1544439

Anna McKee, artist, 2010. 
"Ice Cores, Translucent Truths from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet" — multimedia (and related educational materials) explain how ice cores are obtained, what data they provide and how scientists use that data. 
Award #0840099

Jennifer Martin, poet, 2012. 
"An Ark of Questions Sent Sailing South: Poetry from Antarctica" 
Award #1158710

Mary K. Miller, writer and producer, 2001. 
"Live @ the Exploratorium: Origins" — web exhibition.

Lariss Min, writer, 2012. 
"Wondering Gondwana" — (working title), a nonfiction narrative of Antarctic sciences juxtaposed with the fiction experiences of a girl living in poverty in Amazonia. Developing new perspective by Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun, March 15, 2013.

Fen Montaigne, writer, 2005. 
"The Antarctic Peninsula, penguins, and warming world" — a book to be published by Henry Holt and Company. Received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation in 2006 to continue researching and writing this book. 
Award #0440659

Elizabeth Mueller, writer, 2018 
"Dispatches from Thwaites Glacier." 
Award #1745471

Joan Myers, photographer, 2002. 
Exhibitions and a book with writer Sandra Blakeslee.

Charles Neider, writer, 1969, 1970, 1977. 
"Antarctica: Authentic Accounts" — book (anthology with introduction and notes, Random House, 1972; Cooper Square Press, 2000).
"Edge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica" — book (461 p., Doubleday, 1974).
"Beyond Cape Horn: Travels in the Antarctic" — book (387 p., Sierra Club Books, 1980). "Historic Guide to Ross Island."

Gregory Neri, writer, 2017 
A children's novel 
Award #1645301

Peter Nisbet, painter, 1995. 
Landscape paintings and a book in progress.

Anne Noble, photographer, 2008. 
"Antarctica: White Lantern" —recorded visual perceptions that contribute to contemporary knowledge and understanding of Antarctica while evoking the fragility of human and visual perception and our relationship to Antarctica. From this work, Noble will develop an exhibition comprised of 30-40 large images, which is scheduled to be shown nationally and internationally, and will publish a book, "White Lantern," comprised of 50 or more large-format photographs with essays by Noble and an invited writer/curator. (For examples of her work, see http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/noble/.)
Award #: 0742103

Judith Nutter, painter and poet, 2004. 
"Time, place and imagination: images and poems from Antarctica."

Shaun O'Boyle, photographer, 2015, 2017, 2019. 
"Portraits of Place in Antarctica" — photographic essays to be published in a single volume. Tracing the culture of Antarctic science and exploration from the "Heroic Age of Exploration" at the turn of the 20th century to the modern day through the architecture and infrastructure of the stations, with visits to McMurdo Station (2015), Palmer Station (2017) and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (2019). Exhibitions at the Berkshire Museum, Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, a photo essay in Smithsonian Magazine (December 2017), photographs included in the book "Antarctic Resolution" (2020) and various gallery exhibitions. 
Award #1444805

Richard Panek, writer, 2008. 
Traveling to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Panek visited the South Pole Telescope site and interviewed scientists working on the project. The South Pole Telescope is an integral component of a book that he is writing called, "Let There Be Dark: At the Dawn of the Next Universe," a comprehensive account of dark matter, dark energy and the revolution in the understanding of the universe. 
Award #0739893

Michael Parfit, writer, 1984. 
"South Light, a Journey to the Last Continent." — book (306p., Macmillan, 1986; paperback, 1987; U.K. edition, 1988). Articles in Smithsonian, National Geographic, and others.

Andrea Polli, digital media artist, 2007. 
Polli's work is part of a growing interdisciplinary movement called data sonification. Like data visualization, sonification transforms data to communicate meaning. Her Antarctic project, "90 degrees," will be a spatialized sound and visual gallery and web installation, which uses projected images combined with weather and climate data sonification. 
Award #: 0637271

Eliot Porter, photographer, 1975. 
Photographs, traveling exhibition and book: "Antarctica" (169p., E. P. Dutton, 1978).

Anthony B. Powell, filmmaker, 2007. 
Powell's extraordinary work has proved hugely popular, winning various international awards. Research personnel have also benefited from his work by gaining new insights into the nature of the environment in Antarctica. 
Award #0637614

Laurence Pringle, writer, 2002.
Nonfiction, children's book on Weddell seals. 
Website: http://laurencepringle.com/

Stephen J. Pyne, historian, 1982. 
"The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica" — book (448 p., University of Iowa Press, 1987; Arlington Books, 1987; Ballantine Books, 1988; University of Washington Press, 1998, with new preface; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1999). Named by the New York Times Book Review to its "Best Books" list for 1987.

Douglas Quin, sound recordist; musician, 1996, 1999. 
Collection of natural sounds of Antarctica and production of music and CDs.

Susan Fox Rogers, anthologist, 2004. 
"Antarctica: Life on the Ice" — an anthology of writings on life in Antarctica as experienced by researchers, explorers, artists and others who have spent a significant amount of time on the ice, was published in 2007.

David Rosenthal, painter, 1993, 1996. 
Paintings for galleries and museums in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere.

Kim Stanley Robinson, writer, 1995. 
"Antarctica" — science fiction book (HarperCollins UK, 1997; Bantam Books, hardback 1998, paperback July 1999; numerous editions in translation).

Galen Rowell, photographer and writer, 1992. 
"A most unearthly place" — March 1993 Life
"Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic" — book (University of California Press, 1995).

David Ruth, sculptor, 2006. 
"Antarctic Ice: Sculpture in Cast Glass" — focuses on Antarctic ice and how it can be imitated, resulting in large-scale sculptures that will give viewers a more realistic sense of the scale and texture of Antarctic ice formations. Exhibits at California galleries, workshops and public lectures. 
Project Website: http://davidruth.blogspot.com/ 
Award #0555502

Carl Safina, writer, 2000. 
"Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival" — book (416 pages, Henry Holt & Company Inc., May 2002).

Connie Samaras, photographer, 2004. 
"Vast active living intelligence system: photographing the South Pole."

Caitlin Scarano, poet, 2018 
Intersections of Landscape and Humanity in Antarctica. 
Award #1745282

Emil Schulthess, photographer, 1959. 
"Antarctica, a Photographic Survey" — (198p., Simon & Schuster, 1960).

Kirsten Carlson and co-principal investigator Michelle Schwengel-Regala, artists, 2017. 
"Under the Ice: Two Artists Collaborate to Connect Audiences with Antarctic Sea Life and Science" 
Award #1745408

Lily Simonson, artist, 2014. 
"Painting Between the Ice: Antarctic Biodiversity from the Dry Valleys to the Sea Floor" — mural-sized paintings that reproduce microscopic creatures in diverse ecosystems. 
Award #1344504

George Steinmetz, photographer, 2006. 
"Antarctica: The frozen desert" — planned book of photographs.

Oona Stern, artist, 2008. 
"Ice Fractures: A Study of Ice Shelves and Ice Sheets" — sculpture art installation that involves studying the visual characteristics of ice shelves and sheets around NSF Palmer Station, specifically observing changes in these characteristics as the ice responds to climatic alterations. Stern explores structure, form and function to understand the physical properties of ice through independent research and interviews with researchers. The result will be several public and private installations. 
Website: Antarctic Ice
Award #0739319

Scott Sternbach, photographer, 2008. 
"Antarctica in Black and White" — a series of photographs that encompass both the human element and the struggle and interaction between the magnificent yet harsh Antarctic environment. 
Award #0739800

William Stout, painter and writer, 1992-1993. 
One-man exhibitions at various museums. 
"Dinosaurs On Ice - William Stout's Antarctica" — 1997.1995. 
"William Stout's Visions of Gondwana - Past and Present Life in Antarctica" — 1994.1995. 
"William Stout - Lost Worlds" — 1994.1993. 
"Studies From Gondwana - Landscapes and Wildlife of Antarctica" — 1993. 1991-1995. 
"Dinosaurs, Penguins, and Whales - The Wildlife of Antarctica" — 1991-1995. 
Numerous group shows. Forthcoming book. 
"Lost Worlds - Prehistoric and Modern Life in Antarctica" — forthcoming book.

April Surgent, artist, 2012. 
"21st Century Antarctica - The Science and Landscape of Palmer Station" — uses glass etchings, a painstaking and increasingly rarely used artistic technique, to document the research conducted at Palmer Station. 
Award #1158885

Thomas E. Svarney and Patricia Barnes-Svarney, writers, 2002. 
Book about Antarctic weather.

Diane Tuft, photographer, 2012.
"The Hidden Light of Antarctica" — images taken in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum of Antarctic landscapes.
Award #1158620

Kelly Tyler, writer, 2002
"The Lost Men" — a book about modern science and the Ross Sea Party of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) (published 2006).

Todd Anderson and co-principal investigator Ian van Coller, artists 2019
"Ice Core Time Capsules: The Art and Science of US Antarctic Glacier Research"
Award #1745429

François Vuilleumier, ornithologist, 1998. 
"Field Guide to the Birds of Patagonia and West Antarctica" — forthcoming book (Pica Press). Vuilleumier is a curator for the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History.

Ariel Waldman, videographer, 2018 
"Life Under the Ice." 
Award #1745408

Gabrielle Walker, writer, 2004. 
"Antarctica—The Biography of a Continent" — a science book. The book will weave together descriptions of science, places and people in Antarctica to get at the personality of the continent through the eyes of researchers, vivid descriptions of the different environments in which they work, and what science tells us about the continent and its place in the world.

Gabriel Warren, sculptor, 1999, 2005. 
Ice-related sculptures. Indoor and outdoor exhibitions, public and private commissions. Art and landscape slide lecture tour. Forthcoming book of photography and writing. 
Award #0441979

April Waters, painter, 2018 
"Water-Ice-Sky." 
Award #1745372

Sophie Webb, illustrator, 2001. 
"A Guide to the Birds of Chile and the Adjacent Antarctic" — book. 
"My Season with Penguins, An Antarctic Journal" — children's book for kids aged 9-12 (Longitude Press, 2004).

Rachel Weiss, sculptor, arts administrator (arts administration program chair, Art Institute of Chicago). 
Arts and sciences exhibition and book "Imagining Antarctica" were displayed in several cities in 1986 and 1987.

James Westwater, photochoreographer, 1977. 
Photographs and multimedia presentation (symphony orchestras with three-screen slide show).

Sara Wheeler, writer, 1994, 1995. 
"Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica" — book (Random House, London, 1996; Vintage (paper), London, 1997; Heyne (German), 1997; Random House, New York, March 1998; Modern Library, 1999). 
"Greetings from Antarctica" — book (Peter Bedrick Books, July 1999).

Maris Wicks, artist, 2016. 
"Antarctic Graphic Novel: A Look at Science in Antarctica through the Eyes of an Artist." 
Award #1544371

James Woodside, painter, 2002. 
Landscape paintings.

Norbert Wu, photographer, 1997, 1999, 2001. 
"Under Antarctic Ice" — underwater photography (February 1999, National Geographic). "Under Antarctic Ice" — (University of California Press, 2004). 
A traveling exhibit.
"Antarctic Ice" — children's book (Henry Holt, publisher). 
Field Guide to Antarctic Marine Life (http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/nsf/fguide/index.html). 
A high-definition television program for Thirteen/WNET New York's nature series, broadcast on PBS.

Karen Romano Young, children's author and illustrator, 2017 
"The Illustrated Story of Antarctic Microbes." 
Award #1644842