Press
Articles:
“Beginner’s pluck: Retired doctor Geraldine Osborne” Arts and Culture- Irish Examiner, December 2025, Sue Leonard.
Her plans to be a career woman who never married were scuppered in her third year of her university medical training when she met an artist, Danny, who was preparing for the Irish Arctic Expedition…
“Book Review; Somewhere Cold” Our Man On The Ground, Global Travel and Lifestyle Magazine. November 2025.
Artist Danny Osborne was entranced by the beauty of the Arctic when he took part in a special expedition. Nine years later, in 1989, he convinced his doctor wife Geraldine to take the plunge and embark on an adventure with their three young children Tempy (5), Orla (2½) and Oisín (1).
“Eighteen of the best new non-fiction this autumn…” Irish Independent, August 2025, Aoife Barry.
Travel fans should look out for this memoir from Irish doctor Geraldine Osborne about what happened when she moved with her young family to the Inuit settlement of Grise Fiord in 1989. Life in the Arctic Circle was far from easy, but it was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
“What Stories Bare Rocks Could Tell ” West Cork People, May 2023, Mary O’Brien.
‘Perched on the side of hill surrounded by bare rock and overlooking the breathtaking vastness of the Atlantic ocean, Danny and Geraldine Osborne’s home, a small renovated cottage, at one time could only be accessed by walking through the surrounding fields.’
“An Arctic odyssey: ‘No white people had done such a journey with kids before’ ” Irish Times, April 2017, Manchán Magan.
‘Few of us become so absorbed by our Atlantic coastline that it sends us off on a lifetime’s odyssey, training a team of huskies to explore the high Arctic and leading a pack of llamas on an expedition into the high altitude deserts of Chile.’
TV:
Ireland AM, Novermber 2025.
Geraldine makes a live appearance on Ireland AM to chat with Martin and Sean about her memoir ‘Somewhere Cold’, 23 November 2025.
“The Arctic, Living At The Top Of The World With Charlie Bird ” Irish Times, January 2022, Charlie Bird.
‘Dr Geraldine Osborne on the challenge of an Arctic life.’
Radio:
“The Anton Savage Show, Geraldine Osborne: Somewhere Cold: A Year Living in the High Arctic”, Newstalk, November 2025.
‘Anton is joined by Geraldine Osborne, author of her new book Somewhere Cold: A Year Living in the High Arctic where she tells the story of the year she spent living in the freezing arctic with her three kids, all under the age of 5 at the time.’
“Arctic Life • Marian Finucane presented by Brendan O’Connor”, RTE Radio 1, April 2017
‘Brendan is joined by Geraldine and Danny Osborne who took their three children to live on an Inuit hamlet at Ellesmere Island in Canada’s Arctic.’
Podcasts:
“Geraldine Osborne, Author, Doctor and Extreme Traveller.” Cork Creative hosted by Flux Learning, Episode 71, November 2025.
‘In this episode, retired doctor, extreme traveller, and author Geraldine Osborne shares her incredible journey spanning over a decade living in some of the world’s most remote regions with her young family.
She chats about their rich cultural exchanges with the Inuit, the profound impact these experiences had on their lives as well as the invaluable life lessons learned about resilience, community, and the connection with nature.’