We would like to introduce two magnificent books sold here in Shopicelandic.is online store: Eyjafjallajökull - Untamed Nature and the brand new Last days of the Arctic. Both books are a feast for the eye with many extraordinary photos.



NEW BOOK:  Last days of the Arctic

Photos by Ragnar Axelsson, RAX
Text by Mark Nuttall

The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on earth. This rapid climate change is having a devastating effect on the region’s ecology and, consequently, on the society of the Inuit people who depend on the arctic ice for their livelihood and culture. The Inuit people are the first national group on Earth to face head on the profound environmental changes foreseen in this century and to pay a price for them. News of melting ice in the northern periphery often seems so distant that it is difficult to foresee that these changes will make an impact on human society. However, the Inuit have a story to tell – a story that could quickly become the fate of all mankind. The Inuit are the human face of climate change. 

Photographer Ragnar Axelsson, RAX, has been recording the changing face of life in the Arctic for some 30 years. His stunning photographs from Canada and Greenland bear witness to a culture, wildlife and natural environment that will soon change beyond recognition.

Mark Nuttall holds the Henry Marshall Tory Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has written extensively on the Arctic and lived in Greenland, Alaska and Nunavut. 

Recently the art critic and correspondent David D´Arcy wrote about Last days of the Arctic, among other things. He writes:

"In Iceland, it’s easy to imagine that you can actually feel the warming of the planet, a slow and irreversible revolution. For that story, look to the bravura artist Ragnar Axelsson, known by the nom d’appareil RAX. His new book, Last Days of the Arctic, is filled with dramatic black-and-white scenes of men and animals, in what is a chronicle of the dying hunting culture of Greenland. Already published in Europe and due out in the U.S. next year, the book is kin the 19th-century photos of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis."

You can read David D´Arcy's whole article here.  See video about the book here.  

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SPRING 2010:  Eyjafjallajökull - Untamed Nature

By Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson and Ari Trausti Guðmundsson

A new book on the eruptions at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, which started in March 2010 and continue to blaze througout the spring 2010.  The book has been a huge success in Iceland and made it to most Top 5 selling lists available.

The book was written and produced in May by two of the most capable experts on the subject: Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson, one of Icelands best known photographers, who has taken unique photos of the events, and Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, geophysicist and a prominent fiction and non-fiction writer of over 30 books. 

Few volcanic eruptions in Iceland have made as many headlines as the one that started in the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in March 2010. 

The volcano’s stark beauty contrasts strikingly with the sheer havoc it has wreaked all around the world. Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson’s stunning photos and the accompanying text by Ari Trausti Guðmundsson give an insightful and imposing view of the eruption as it unfolds. Ragnar has won international acclaim for his work, including three CLIO awards, while Ari Trausti is held in high regard for his many books and TV programs on geology and volcanism.

NATURE AT ITS FIERCEST AND MOST AWE-INSPIRING.

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        Eyjafjallajokull eruption spring 2010