Anne Sophie Balzer sitting on the ice of the Jostedalsbreen — Raphael Gagliano

Writing with Glaciers: PhD Student Anne-Sophie Balzer Visited Jostedalsbreen (Norway)

May 2, 2023

Anne Sophie Balzer stands on a large expanse of ice on the Jostedalsbreen, with some travellers in the background. — Anne-Sophie Balzer standing at Jostedalsbreen

Raphael Gagliano

PhD student Anne-Sophie Balzer is researching glaciers in contemporary poetry. However, she has never stood on a glacier herself. In the summer of 2022, she travelled to Norway to visit Europe’s largest continental glacier, Jostedalsbreen. Following her trip, she published an article about her experiences in a national German daily newspaper (taz). It is the story of two archives meeting one another. You can find the whole article here.