My World Is Melting: Living with Climate Change in Svalbard

By Line Nagell Ylvisåker

In 2015, in a tragic natural disaster, a massive avalanche descended on the small Arctic Norwegian city of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, leveling eleven houses and killing a child and a young father. In this arresting book, journalist Line Nagell Ylvis ker explores the effects of a warming planet up close and personal, from inside a remote community intimately attuned to its environment.

Ylvis ker introduces readers to her friends and neighbors, including dedicated meteorologists racing to anticipate future disasters and a veteran trapper who harbors doubts about climate change even as he bears witness to a constantly shifting landscape. Blending memoir, long-form journalism, and scientific reportage, she provides an intimate picture of life in a place where the effects of climate change can be seen in all their startling reality--and a compelling and hopeful argument for collective and cooperative action across the globe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299357341
• ISBN13: 9780299357344
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"