Artkosmos-Fragmente. Stefan Holitschke. 2011

Stefan Holitschke's slim volume adds to the vast amount of Arctic and Antarctic lyric responses to the extreme environments of the polar regions.

Published by Asaro Verlag 2011 , its cover shows an ice carving of a polar bear whose head seems to have suffered from melting. Arktokosmos is a curious edition which does not give any inforn:iation about the author: one must google his biographical details to find out that his 'lyrical fragments' were written as a result of wintering on Spitsbergen. According to his own web site he is a 'dedicated IT specialist with additional skills in circumpolar studies, law, economy and energy business'. Arktokosmos seems to be Holitschke's first foray into poetry.