[2025] From Kings to Emperors – Antarctica & the Southern Ocean
[2025] From Kings to Emperors – Antarctica & the Southern Ocean
From Kings to Emperors is a visual journey through Antarctica and the Southern Ocean — a region both majestic and fragile. Through striking photography, Christian Clauwers captures a rapidly changing world, revealing how this distant wilderness holds vital clues to our planet’s future and why its protection concerns us all.
In the icy silence of Antarctica and the vast Southern Ocean, time appears frozen — yet the transformations unfolding are urgent and far-reaching. From Kings to Emperors is a photographic journey through one of Earth’s last great wildernesses. It captures the fragile beauty of a region that stabilizes our global climate, governs ocean currents, and supports a web of life from the microscopic to the majestic.
From king penguins on the wind-swept sub-Antarctic islands to emperor penguins deep within the Antarctic continent, Christian Clauwers documents the resilience of species and ecosystems facing unprecedented change. This work is both a tribute and a warning: what happens here will shape the future far beyond its icy borders.
Through powerful imagery and thoughtful reflection, the book brings readers into direct contact with a world in flux — urging us to protect this fragile biosphere before it is too late.
Details
Pages: 80 (A4 format, upright, bilingual: English & Dutch)
Printing: Climate-neutral, printed on recycled paper, printed by Zwartopwit
Publisher: Christian Clauwers
Author/Photographer: Christian Clauwers