Tumbling Forests of the North; Permafrost Thaw

2018 – present, collaboration with scientists at the Toolik Field Station, Alaska

‘Tumbling Forests of the North’ explores how human impact affects permafrost in the Arctic. This series documents the dramatic changes in the arctic landscape due to thawing permafrost. Some of these changes due to permafrost thaw include: Drunken Forests, which are forests whose trees grow at every angle possible and Thermokarst Slumps, tremendous sinkhole-like features in the tundra and forest floor. These destabilizing features are caused by permafrost thawing underground. This series explores the duality of these landscapes; the collapsing landscape in contrast with the intense vitality and color of the plants and trees growing in warmer seasons in these compromised landscapes.