• What is a Geoparks
• About the Geopark
• Visit the Geopark
• GeoActive
• Our amazing GeoStory
• Our GeoSites
• History and Heritage
• Biodiversity
• Geopark Management
• Partners and Members
• How to get to the Geopark
• Education

GEOPARK BLOG

GEOPARK ARTIST PROJECT - ANNA KELEHER Reasearching the Agency of Things + Talking with Things. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

SNOW AND ICE - FRIEND OR FOE?

Following imprints in snow left by the tiny feet of Rabbit people, Deer people and Lapwing people I journey in my mind to a time when these sheltered lands may have offered refuge from the fierce glaciations that have affected Britain over the past 100,000 years.

The current icy spell really helps me to imagine what the Geopark might have been like outside the relative warmth of our interglacial period. This weather is especially useful to me, as I'm planning an expedition to an ice age of the Quaternary just now; wondering how to travel, what kit I'll need and that kind of thing. So the chilly weather helps no end.... I love it, its friendly !

Have you ever reflected on the effects of snow and ice on all that is not snow and ice... I mean on things, ideas, artifacts. What actions, movements and behaviours are they responsible for, which artifacts, sports, landscapes, organisms, stories, cultures, foods, have they created or helped to create?

Visit Anna's website here.

You can comment on this article!

0 comments

Add a comment to this article ( please note - your email address must be entered, but will not be posted on the site):

Screen name:
Email Address:
Comment title:
Comment:
Copy the letters from the image below:	Can't read it? Try another

MORE BLOG POSTS