Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard (Wayfarer Series)

First edition, first printing softcover in new condition. The covers are crisp and unmarked, with no creasing to the spine or edges. Pages are clean and free of marks throughout. Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard. Jenna Butler. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2018. Wayfarer series. Printed and bound in Canada. Butler’s sea voyage connects the endangered Canadian boreal forest with the Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway, blending travelogue with a poetic meditation on place. She writes of travelling through the fertile height of the Arctic summer. Winner of the AUPresses Book, Jacket & Journal Show (Poetry and Literature). Jenna Butler is a professor, poet and essayist who lives on an organic farm in northern Alberta.