Rachael Mead. The Art of Breaking Ice

Affirm Press: Melbourne, 2023. 320 pages. AUS$34.99 ISBN 9781922848529 Paperback

Authors

  • Adele Jackson Canterbury Museum/University of Tasmania

Abstract

Adele Jackson reviews The Art of Breaking Ice by Rachel Mead.

Author Biography

  • Adele Jackson, Canterbury Museum/University of Tasmania

    Adele Jackson is a human history curator at Canterbury Museum, Aotearoa New Zealand and an adjunct researcher with the University of Tasmania where she is a part of a team examining the legacy of Australian artists’ and writers’ engagement with Antarctica. She is on the editorial committee for Antarctic, the magazine of the New Zealand Antarctic Society, and she is a member of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences. As a curator, a researcher, and as an artist, Adele’s interest is in the role of art and material culture in interpreting and engaging with the far south. Her pan-Antarctic solargraphic series, Antarctic Sun Lines (2015–2022), made through a collaboration with the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), visually locates the continent in relation to the natural forces that create and sustain life on Earth.

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Published

2025-02-17

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024): JASAL 24.1

Section

Reviews

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Rachael Mead. The Art of Breaking Ice: Affirm Press: Melbourne, 2023. 320 pages. AUS$34.99 ISBN 9781922848529 Paperback. (2025). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 24(1). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/20448