Susan Richardson is a poet, performer and educator based in Cardiff. Her collection of poetry, Creatures of the Intertidal Zone, was inspired by her journey, for which she received a Churchill Memorial Travel Fellowship, through Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland in the footsteps of an intrepid eleventh century female Viking, and one of the themes is the impact of environmental issues on the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Her second collection, Where the Air is Rarefied, was a dazzling collaboration with visual artist, Pat Gregory, exploring environmental and mythological themes relating to the Far North, including an exhibition which toured galleries in Wales and beyond.Susan has been published in numerous journals and anthologies and is one of the poets-in-residence on BBC Radio 4s Saturday Live. She regularly performs her work at festivals and environmental events throughout the country. Together with writer Siobhan Logan, Susan is also a founding member of the Polar Poets: they are currently performing Arctic-ulate, their multi-media show which interweaves poetry, storytelling, monologue and music, at both Theatre and Science Festivals.