Deception Island

Welcome to Deception Island, a tiny Volcanic caldera in the Antarctic Ocean. Here the rusting remains of industrial whaling and a seabed littered with whalebones testify to mankind's greed and brutality. But the island is also an outpost of scientific exploration, witness to human attentiveness and fortitude. As the ship carrying the author's father edges through the basalt cliffs into the calmer waters of Deception Island, the island's many voices, human and non-human, begin to speak.

Elizabeth Lewis Williams is a Norwich based writer and teacher. Currently Writer in Residence at the British Antarctic Survey, and part of the team bringing 'Deception Island' to life as an immersive installation in a replica Antarctic hut, she is an advocate for the importance of writing and storytelling in education, and for the way in which understanding human engagement in Antarctica can deepen our understanding of our place on the planet. After years teaching in schools, she completed an MA and PhD in Creative Writing at UEA where she is an Associate Tutor.