To The Arctic
2500 miles across the Arctic
It all began with the commission to create the photography for an accompanying book of the IMAX film "To the Arctic" by Greg MacGillivray. It was a year full of adventure. Three books, several exhibitions followed by a live speaking tour. The Arctic however has not lost its fascination for Florian and Emil.
At home on and under the ice
"I undertook over the course of six years many expeditions, logging a total of fifteen months in the Arctic. I have journeyed more than twenty-five hundred miles on snow machines across the Arctic; traveled in traditional ways with Inuit guides and their sled dogs for hundreds of miles; visited Inuit communities from Point Hope, Alaska, to Qaanaaq, Greenland; dove and snorkeled in the Arctic Ocean; spent over one hundred hours photographing from airplanes; rafted down Arctic rivers; camped among tens of thousands of migrating caribou; and accompanied the MacGillivray Freeman film team on an ice-going vessel in the middle of drifting pack ice."
- Florian
Books
Outreach
In a stunning, large-format, panoramic Book, Florian takes readers on a personal journey to the remote-yet-vibrant Arctic. In contrast to the common perception of the Arctic as a vast nothingness, Schulz's images display an ecosystem of surprising richness that is teeming with life. Following the cycle of a year, TO THE ARCTIC showcases a pageant of wildlife, oddly captivating forms of muskoxen, waves of migrating caribou, and some of the most extraordinary images ever captured of a mother polar bear and her two cubs.
In the film companion book A Journey to the Arctic, Florian takes readers along on his personal stories from the field, offering intimate insights into life behind the lens. The book explores the remarkable diversity, resilience, and raw drama of the Arctic.
Ein Jahr in der Arktis
Publisher: National Geographic Germany (2012)
Journey to the Arctic
Publisher: Braided River (2012)
To The Arctic
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books (2011)
Images from the Books
To the Arctic & Journey to the Arctic
Making of
The Book To the Arctic
The story behind the cover
Polar Bear
Exhibitions
To the Arctic & Mundo Artico
Florian’s To The Arctic images were presented in solo exhibitions in 2015 at the Anchorage Museum in the United States, and in 2016 under the title Mundo Ártico at the Museo Pape in Mexico.
These exhibitions brought the Arctic’s fragile beauty and dramatic ecosystems to international audiences, offering an immersive visual experience of one of the planet’s most extraordinary regions.
Visions of the Arctic
Presentations and Seminars
Florian teamed up with Earthjustice to launch a visual campaign in support of the Alaskan Arctic. Florian was speaking at various locations in the US to share his images and stories with the public and to spread the word about this unique place.
Speaking tour
Visions of the Arctic
As part of his conservation work, Florian showed some of his best work from the Alaskan Arctic in 2010 and 2011 through a large speaking tour along the East Coast of the US. With his images and experiences in Alaska he showed not only the beauty of this land but also the dangers that this part of the Arctic is facing.
Exhibition
Visions of the Arctic
Accompanying his project "Visions of the Arctic", a large solo exhibition was shown at the G2 Gallery in Los Angeles, USA.
