The New York Times DotEarth blog features a letter and sound piece from artist David Rothenberg, “a philosopher, musician and author of fascinating books on whales, birdsong and a host of other facets of the natural world,” who, along with 20 others, has embarked upon a journey to the arctic…
October 14th, sailing toward Magdalena Fjord, 79.6°N, 11°E
We are 14 artists, 2 scientists, and a crew of 4 sailing as close to the North Pole pack ice as we can get away with. Aboard the M/S Noorderlicht, a hundred-year old Dutch schooner, we left Longyearbyen one week ago in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard, the most northerly point in the world with regular air service, for several weeks traveling the Arctic through open sea and sheltered bays, stopping along the way to respond to the landscape in uniquely artistic ways.
The letter is meant to be read along with the sound file, so go there now…
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