Episode 36: Kirsten Carlson – Fathom Antarctica (Part 1)

Kirsten Carlson is an artist and science communicator with a focus on sharing the beauty and wonder of the undersea world. Kirsten's career has given her many opportunities for adventure, including the chance to sketch under the sea ice as an expeditionary artist in Antarctica.

Listen to hear more about:

• How a young girl from Missouri, growing up far from the ocean, fell in love with the undersea world and became a marine scientist.
• How Kirsten switched to follow a career in scientific illustration after a lifechanging trip to Antarctica.
• The details of Kirsten’s first Antarctic trip, in 1992, and the inspiring artists who showed her you can combine science and art as a career.
• Conveying the stories of science and sea life through art.
• Kirsten’s second expedition to Antarctica as part of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers program.
• The feelings that arise when Kirsten is diving under the sea ice in Antarctica.
• The drawing tools that Kirsten used for undersea drawing.
  

To learn more about Kirsten and her work visit www.kirstencarlson.net. For information, videos, artwork and content specifically related to Kirsten’s Antarctic explorations, visit her Fathom Antarctica website.

To see the field-sketches that Kirsten created in Antarctica, click here.

Kirsten’s work is currently being shown as part of an online exhibition which you can visit here: Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica.

During the interview, Kirsten spoke of a blog post documenting the installation of an observation tube into the sea ice. You can see videos of this process here.

Take a look at the gorgeous infographic Kirsten created: 7 Facets of Field Sketching.

As part of the Adequate Earth online exhibition, there will be a mini symposium called Exploring the Way Forward, where a panel of Antarctic artists and writers (including Kirsten) will explore the future of creative endeavours in Antarctica. The event will be held on 22nd May, 2021, beginning at 11am PDT. You can register for this event here.

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