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…
Sorine Petersen Aasiaat, Greenland Performer, dog lover, entrepreneur. Sorine invites us into the drum dance, a traditional form of both entertainment and self-expression. This is an Audiograph, and it’s two minutes long. Think of it as an audio documentary with a visual element or as a photograph illustrated by sound. We love to listen, and…
Zoe Oopik Elverum Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada Student’s Council Vice President, singer, future paramedic. Zoe tells us about her passion. This is an Audiograph, and it’s two minutes long. Think of it as an audio documentary with a visual element or as a photograph illustrated by sound. We love to listen, and we hope you…
Store Norske Men’s Choir Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Singers from all walks of life in this community of 2,150 at 78 degrees north. These men dress as coal miners and sing together at a special concert in an abandoned mining building. From warm-ups to mining ballads and English hits, they celebrate the heritage of their town….
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
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…
“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 –…
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…
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
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…