Imaging the Arctic

Imaging the Arctic

Screen Shot 2014-01-19 at 3.37.04 PMAn artist joined a research scientist on an expedition to Greenland in 2013 to illustrate the impacts of climate change. While Dr. Kristin Laidre studied narwhals from the sea ice, expeditionary artist Maria Coryell-Martin recorded the research process and environment.

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Dr. Kristin Laidre is a marine biologist at the University of Washington who
studies the behavior, ecology, and population dynamics of Arctic marine mammals.

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Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist based in Washington state who
follows in the tradition of traveling artists as naturalists and educators.