Shorts

  • Passionate about tradition

    Look at those smiles! I love to meet people so passionate about their work. Pilunnguaq Kleist and Nikoline Kreutzmann teach at Kalaallisuuliornermik Ilinniarfik, the School of National Clothing Education in Sisimiut. They are reviving the elaborate techniques needed to make traditional clothing and empowering their students to make tradition strong again. #meetthenorth #smile #greenland #sisimiut #pashfam…

  • New York City

    I’m so excited to bring Meet the North Live! to New York City next week! It’s always a thrill to share stories, sounds, and images from our visits with northerners in Arctic communities around the world. This event is by invitation, but there will be other opportunities – and hopefully I’ll see some of you…

  • Spaceship Earth

    I left Earth three times / and found no other place to go. / Please take care of Spaceship Earth. . – Walter Schirra, Astronaut on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights. Photo by Eric Guth. #meetthenorth #ice #blackandwhite #photooftheday #beach #ocean #arctic #arcticbeauty #spaceshipearth #blueplanet #lovetheworld

  • Screen time

    I believe that storytelling can build cultural understanding. I believe that listening is powerful and that every voice matters. The world is far too grand and diverse to be funneled through a screen – though when I’m not out meeting people I spend quite a bit of time in front of one. If I ever…

  • Arctic Valentine

    “What do you love about Shelly?” I asked. “Her vibrancy I suppose. She looks at things positively, and she brings a lot of positive energy into our lives. She’s extremely intelligent, beautiful, and very talented in many different ways. She supports me, and I support her, and the two of us work well together –…

  • Powerful history

    Modern tupilaks bear little resemblance to the originals; in fact, none of the originals exist anymore. Pre-contact, tupilaks were fashioned from perishable materials and released to seek and destroy an enemy. If the enemy had greater power, the plan could backfire, killing the original maker. At that time, tupilaks were powerful, secret objects, never intended…

  • Changing landscapes

    Unlike the peaks of mountains, which take centuries to change, icebergs etch new landscapes every day, and they look gorgeous in every circumstance. Fog + birds + ice. The Arctic is teaching me to be ready for anything. ?? #meetthenorth #seabirds #lindbladexpeditions #iceberg #icebergs #fog #greenland #beauty #lifeupnorth #meettheunexpected

  • Beautiful rifts

    It’s easy to forget that this Earth – our home – is so changeable. It’s humbling to meet her where she cracks and transforms herself. The diversity of the Arctic includes these beautiful rifts. Who thought geology was boring? (Okay, I did, but I’m working on it.) Iceland 2016. . #meetthenorth #iceland #rifts #geology #seismic #midatlanticridge #lindbladexpeditions…