Birgit Lutz

Birgit Lutz (* 1974 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz ) is a German writer and expedition leader who reached the North Pole 15 times .

Life

After training as a journalist and while working for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Birgit Lutz specialized in arctic topics. She was at the North Pole a total of 15 times ; In 2010 and 2011 she reached the pole on skis with the Swiss expedition leader Thomas Ulrich , started from the Russian drift ice station Barneo. In 2013 she crossed Greenland on skis . She was then made a Fellow of the Explorers Club New York .

Her first two books are about her North Pole and Greenland tours. She wrote a third book together with Thomas Ulrich about the fatal outcome of his attempt to cross the polar sea on skis in 2006. For her fourth book about life in East Greenland today, she spent several months in the Ammassalik region of East Greenland .

Lutz works on various expedition ships as an expedition leader and guide in Spitzbergen , Franz-Joseph-Land and Greenland. Since 2016 she has been involved in a Citizen Science project for the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, in which beaches are cleaned and data is collected about the garbage found. In 2017 she co-authored an article about this project in the "Marine Pollution Bulletin".

Lutz gives lectures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and on ships in the Arctic about her expeditions, books and her engagement against plastic waste.

She lives on the Schliersee .

Works

• Today we're going to catch whales. btb Verlag 2017.
• Black water. Trapped in the Eternal Ice for four days. DuMont Reiseverlag 2017.
• Borderline experience of Greenland. My expedition thriller. btbVerlag 2014
• Out and about with wild guys. A woman conquers the Arctic. btb Verlag 2012

Awards

• Recognition in the category media prize of the German Child and Youth Welfare Prize 2016.
• Otto Greither Special Prize of the Salus Media Prize 2014.
• Dr.-Georg-Schreiber Media Prize 2011.
• Karl Buchrucker Prize 2010
• 3rd Prize of the Journalist Prize of the Unionhilfswerk Foundation 2010.

Web links

• Homepage Birgit Lutz
• Author page at Random House

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johanna Stöckl: She was 15 times at the North Pole - The 10 best cold tips from expedition leader Birgit Lutz. In: tz. January 19, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ randomhouse.de
3. ↑ birgit-lutz.de ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Randomhouse: A Woman Conquers the Arctic. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Randomhouse: Across Greenland. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
6. ^ DuMont travel publisher: Thomas Ulrich / Birgit Lutz: Black water. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Randomhouse: Today we're going to catch whales. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Citizen scientists reveal: Marine litter pollutes Arctic beaches. Retrieved October 17, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Prize winners 2016 . In: www.agj.de . August 28, 2017 ( agj.de [accessed October 17, 2017]).
10. ↑ Salus Media Prize: Prize Winner 2014. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 17, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ↑ aok.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ im-muenchen.de ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ stiftung.unionhilfswerk.de