Dialogue with history in an Arctic Landscape/ Dialog med historia i ett arktiskt landskap This investigation, concerned with environmental photography and narratives has its foundation in the understanding of a dramatic change in the wild landscape of Arctic Svalbard. It is about the perception of the Arctic and relate to the representation of Spitsbergen, historical context, contemporary applications and interpretations of historical photographs through, fieldwork, archival research and rephotography. Photographic studies on site, in the field, based on historical photographs and using the method of rephotography, gives us images of now and then that speaks beyond the possibilities of written records. The photographs show not only changes over time through specific data in the images but also addresses issues regarding shifting cultural views of how the natural world has been visualized over time. They are also part of a wider and interdisciplinary context on how these areas of the earth, the wild places, have been valued and are valued in our contemporary world. The result is a visual record – photographic documents and artistic representations. Photography is a direct way of bearing witness and creating sequences of evidential data on changes over time in landscapes. Applied to the narrative of vanishing landscapes photography function as both the witness to mankind’s brutal interference with land and sea as well as being a voice for what to save and for the beauty of the wild places wherever they are to be found. The issues of the impact of our industrialised culture on nature are our times most important issues and it is of great importance to understand the consequences of these issues to be able to prepare for the future to come.