Art in the Arctic (3 of 3)

There’s something special about slowing down and connecting with a landscape.

Throughout the 2025 expedition, team member Joseph Cox took time to capture the raw beauty of rural Svalbard through watercolour sketches. Using water from the landscapes around him, from the fjord to nearby streams, Joseph preserved a unique snapshot of the landscape in his sketchbook.

Please enjoy this third selection of five images all painted with water from different sources near where each sketch was completed:

Sketch of the base camp fire with Rejmyrefjellet mountain in the background. Painted at Kapp Schoultz base camp using salt water from the fjord.   © Joseph Cox

Sketch of Rejmyrefjellet mountains with Kolonnadane in the distance.  Painted at Kapp Schoultz base camp using fresh water from the camp stream.© Joseph Cox

Sketch of Gerardfjella and beyond Fuhrmeisterdalen the mountain of Storholen in the distance.  Painted at Kapp Schoultz base camp using salt water from the fjord. © Joseph Cox

Sketch done along Noisdalen featuring the mountains of Rejmyrefjellet and Kalotten when doing water samples. Painted using fresh water from the river outflow from the Fimbulisen ice cap. © Joseph Cox

Sketch done near to the Fredheim Hut looking across Tempelfjorden to Bjonadalen with Templet on the left.  Painted with salt water from the fjord.  © Joseph Cox

Joseph Cox with the first of the paintings in this series with the view which inspired his painting beyond, Bjonnasletta and the massif of Templet © Joseph Cox