Christiane Ritter's 1934 account of a year spent on the arctic island of Spitsbergen, A Woman in the Polar Night, is this week's Book of the Week. Initially horrified by the extreme conditions, Ritter found herself falling in love with the bleak landscape, which allowed her the mental space to find peace, resourcefulness and creativity. 
>>Lucy Jones on why this forgotten feminist nature writer deserves to be celebrated. 
>>Lucy Jones on Losing Eden: Why our minds need the wild (due soon). 
>>A woman in the polar museum. 
>>Visit Svalbard. 
>>We will get your copy to you and soon as the lock-down has been lifted.