My World Is Melting: Living with Climate Change in Svalbard

In 2015, in a tragic natural disaster, a massive avalanche descended on the small Arctic Norwegian city of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, leveling eleven houses and killing a child and a young father. In this arresting book, journalist Line Nagell Ylvisåker explores the effects of a warming planet up close and personal, from inside a remote community intimately attuned to its environment.

Ylvisåker introduces readers to her friends and neighbors, including dedicated meteorologists racing to anticipate future disasters and a veteran trapper who harbors doubts about climate change even as he bears witness to a constantly shifting landscape. Blending memoir, long-form journalism, and scientific reportage, she provides an intimate picture of life in a place where the effects of climate change can be seen in all their startling reality--and a compelling and hopeful argument for collective and cooperative action across the globe.

Author: Line Nagell Ylvisåker
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780299357344