Embracing Change
As a child, I dreamed of being a polar explorer—born a century too late, I turned instead to science, where every experiment offered a glimpse of discovery. The thrill of making something that had never existed felt like walking toward unexplored horizons.
Science brought me from France to the United States, where a one-year sabbatical became a thirty-year career in academia. Over time, the changing landscape of research forced me to confront a simple truth: the frontier that once inspired me in the lab was shifting elsewhere.
Leaving institutional science created space to return to my first dream—to explore the literal and inner frontiers of a changing world. Ice Frontiers began as an attempt to understand how we live with transformation: in the climate, in society, and in ourselves.
Through letters, essays, and field notes, I chronicle a personal voyage from the structured world of science to the unpredictable frontier of polar seas and glaciers. Each dispatch reflects on growth, understanding, and belonging in a time when our aging planet feels smaller every day.
What began as a personal search has become a shared reflection on how we define progress. Ice Frontiers invites readers to join this voyage—to seek a form of growth rooted in awareness, presence, and restraint.
One question, three different perspectives:
Letters from the Edge: Meditative reflections on change, loss, and transformation—reframing the frontier as a personal limit rather than a geographic one.
Letters from the Dock: Articles and videos using sailing as a metaphor for the frontier and for the themes explored in Letters from the Edge.
Logbook: Brief notes sharing the details of the journey in real time with an inner circle of co-travelers pursuing their own frontiers.
