Stephanie Krzywonos
Stephanie is a Mexican-American writer who has spent six austral summers and one polar winter living and working among glaciers in Antarctica. She holds a degree in Philosophy and is currently a student of contemplative mysticism at the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her essays on Antarctica have appeared in The Dark Mountain Project, Behemoth Magazine, and The Antarctic Sun. Stephanie will be returning to Antarctica in October and is currently working on a proposal for her first book, a memoir about descent, renewal, and the more-than-humans in Antarctica. You can follow her on Twitter at @StephKrzywonos.
Glacier, Elder, Teacher
Journal Article
Many think of Antarctica as an alien place, empty and devoid of life. But Antarctica is a living place and points to the mystery of what it means for bodies—humans, planets, glaciers—to be alive, entangled, kin.