“I went for a walk in the Arctic Circle without map or compass. Fortuna...” — John Burnside Quote

“I went for a walk in the Arctic Circle without map or compass. Fortunately, I was only lost for hours, not days.”

“If nature offers no home, then we must make a home one way or another. The only question is how.”

“Sometimes, when the wind hits hard and icicles form on the sea cliffs, we can all come together - and at those times, we are at our best.”

“I started traveling in the Arctic in 1991, so I experienced the ice in winter and spring. The seasonal sea ice, it has a long season. It starts in September and ends in June.”

“I think people are quite refreshed with politicians who aren't concerned with what Arctic Monkeys track they like, but with the day-to-day, dull business of politics.”

“We have no choice: we must protect Arctic ice, enable it to continue to act as an essential temperature regulator for the planet, avoid the catastrophic rise in sea levels that would result from the ice melt, and stop the disappearance of permafrost releasing irreversible quantities of greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere.”