Artist of Melt

This an account from an expedition, conducted aboard the icebreaker Oden in 2023. The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat recognizes that artists have a distinct approach to reality, enriching life aboard research vessels and extending the expedition's reach beyond its conclusion. Ida Roden became the 37th artist to participate in their artist program. By painting at least one image daily, she came to know the boat, the crew, the scientists, and the ice. Her collection of watercolors gradually increased, eventually culminating in this book - an artist's observations from a voyage through a dreamy and lingering world of ice.