Once upon a time in Antarctica, Jamie Coleman took this photograph. It reminds me of the calm days, when you can hear each drop of meltwater hitting the surface of the ocean. . It feels like blue sky forever … or at least for the next 20 minutes.
As it turns out, the beauty of the ice can be transported. Zaria Forman has figured out how. Here,Sven Lindblad- who has been championing my work for the past three years – relaxes with his very own original pastel drawing by Zaria Forman. The ice made me feel right at home in the middle of…
Is this north or south??? This photo is another clue from the same location I posted yesterday.
A lesson in generosity. This week, I attended the Arctic Inspiration Prize celebration here in Ottawa, Canada, and I witnessed the growth of a movement. Let me tell you how that movement started. Sima Sharifi first came to Canada as a political refugee from Iran. Her husband, Arnold Witzig, came as an immigrant from Switzerland….
Ha ha!! Which pole? North or south?
Inspired by @jasperdoest ‘s beautiful post today, may you find a little piece of paradise this weekend. Photo by Eric Guth in Antarctica. Ice, ocean, petrel. It’s been a good week!!
Balance. As the nights get shorter for northerners they begin to lengthen down here in the Antarctic. We’ll see more and more of you, Moon. Photo by Eric Guth
When I woke up in Yakutsk, the metropolis of Russia’s Far East, and planned the day with our host, Egor Makarov, I never expected that a few hours later his recommendations would take me into the middle of the diamond industry. At the top of just another staircase and through a gate made of rebar,…
Night time is getting longer and longer. Ice begins to take over the ponds and the snow line creeps down the hills. Tonight, the aurora begins at dusk, before the light is completely gone, and it just keeps building. The shimmer of green running back and forth across the sky reminds me to the caribou…
Some types of beauty can only grow in complete stillness. Any turbulence will disturb their symmetry. A breath is too much. I did not expect to find this perfection here, deep underground in a permafrost cave that preserves one community’s supply of whale and walrus meat. The walls are lined with ice blocks and the…