paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
Sometimes the news media give us moments of whimsy and delight. Last December 22, the weather blog for KOMO News (Seattle, Washington) posted these two photos of an "Old Man Winter" icicle, submitted by a Jeremy Olden from Lake Stevens. Comments in response to the post quickly turned skeptical about the "naturalness" of this face,… Continue reading icicle face + exclamations
When a trio of California gray whales was trapped by ice formations near Barrow, Alaska, in late 1988, the Anchorage Daily News tracked their wellbeing from at least Oct. 13 - 29. With temperatures dropping and new ice forming daily, the whales' breathing holes shrank rapidly. People were concerned and tried to find ways… Continue reading whales, chainsaws + ice, Alaska ’88
Gordon Halloran probably makes the biggest ice paintings in the world. Last Thursday several media outlets announced that Halloran will be making a wall of ice about 125 feet long and 13 feet high for the entrance to the 2010 Olympics' Richmond, B.C. ice arena, the O Zone. (Here's the Vancouver Sun's article, for… Continue reading ice painting for the Vancouver Olympics
It wasn’t the flood waters that destroyed three dozen homes and buildings in Eagle, Alaska. It was the ice. One cubic foot of ice weighs an astounding 60 pounds, a formidable force once it starts moving. Even now huge pieces of grimy ice remain everywhere, creating a mud bog as they slowly continue to melt… Continue reading ice in news: Dawson work crews assist ice-crushed Eagle, AK
Martin Mittelstaedt writes in today's Globe and Mail about the not-so-surprising news that scientists who research the effects of climate change in the Arctic are dramatically adding to carbon emissions themselves. "Arctic researchers leave 'tremendous' footprint," he headlines it. University of Calgary caribou researcher and postdoctoral fellow Ryan Brook has published his emission tallies in… Continue reading ice in news: Arctic researchers and carbon emissions
A rare ice phenomenon freaked out some Delta, B.C. residents on Friday May 22, and for good reason: ice chunks the size of volleyballs fell out of a perfectly blue sky, with not a cloud in sight. The story starts like this: Chris Drab was mowing his lawn last Friday evening when he heard what… Continue reading ice in news: megacryometeors fall in Delta, B.C.
I'm going to have to research these some more - so beautiful! Has anyone reading this ever come across a rotating ice circle, or spinning ice disc? Or know of a scientific name for it? Spinning ice discs are rare geometric beauties that seem to form when a river eddy catches a pan of frazil… Continue reading phenom: spinning ice discs
"May 2: The water level is rising incredibly fast, which is not too astonishing, since the temperatures have escalated recently: A week ago we measured temperatures around zero degrees Celsius (30 degrees Fahrenheit); now we are in the early 20s (late 60s in Fahrenheit). The water looks brownish, and it tastes a bit like old leaves,… Continue reading ice in news: yukon river springtime floods
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