'On one hand, the wilderness wants to kill you, and, on the other hand, life is possible and goes on.' Here's a closer look at the surreal beauty of Earth's northernmost buildings.
,"The Polar Silk Road," explores the Arctic through an architectural lens. Over the course of four years, the photographer visited Canada, Norway, Greenland and Iceland, capturing images of some of the world's northernmost structures.
"I want my work to show the extremely exposed nature of these facilities," Sailer said."I try to get the impression of the whole space I am working in, and then I decide which details are important to capture in order to give outsiders access to this space."While shooting the project, Sailer endured snowstorms and temperatures lower than minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The EastGRIP research facility in Greenland, where scientists drill into the ice sheet to understand previous climactic conditions and the behavior of ice streams."I wanted to capture an emptiness that isn't empty.
The China-Iceland Arctic Observatory, the result of a scientific collaboration between research institutions in the two countries.But territorial claims in the Arctic are about more than self-defense -- they are about securing control of resources hidden below the melting ice, like oil and natural gas, writes Günter Köck, coordinator of the International Research Programs of the Austrian Academy of Science, in Sailer's book.
Many of the buildings he photographed in Tuktoyaktuk are under threat from the steady erosion of permafrost. With their foundations compromised, older structures are beginning to lean and sink into the ground due to the melting ice, he explained.
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