paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
In 1900, Dawson City's summer berry bounty - and the lack of ice to prolong its freshness - prompted a brief discussion about the merits of an ice plant all the way across the continent in the pages of the New York Times. Though that summer's news was about a month old when this article… Continue reading Dawson, 1900: lack of summer ice
One tricky thing about the North is that, when it's summer or even fall, your body finds it hard to remember that everything within sight (including yourself) will soon return to living inside a thick layer of deep cold for more than half of the year. The Dempster Highway, Canada's most northern road, ends at… Continue reading Tuktoyaktuk ice road: in liquid form
Small ice sculptures in the shape of humans were placed on the steps of the music hall in Gendarmenmarkt public square in Berlin on Sept. 2, The Winnipeg Sun reported. Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo made one thousand of the ice figurines, which began melting immediately on the sun-soaked cement. Many melted within 30 minutes. The… Continue reading Nele Azevedo: Melting Men
Much of the Antarctic Ocean carries surface ice all the time, in the form of icebergs, pancake ice and other dynamic sea ice systems. Creatures survive the superchilled temperatures in different ways - fur, feathers and fat come to mind when you think of seals and penguins inhabiting that polar landscape. Another survival adaptation found… Continue reading antifreeze fish + ice stories site
The full title of Tavares Strachan's ice sculpture is a poetic line of yearning: The Distance Between What We Have and What We Want (Arctic Ice Project). The phrase is almost conversational, long and lingering enough to hook me in right away, even before I see the images of what it is. Arctic Ice Project… Continue reading Tavares Strachan: Arctic Ice Project
Where there's ice, there's hope of human survival – or so goes the thinking around exploration of our planet's solo moon. The question of moon living was revitalized last week when two satellites recently passed by the Erlanger Crater, at the moon's north pole, to radar-probe for evidence of ice. I wonder what we would… Continue reading Erlanger Crater: ice on the moon?
Ice ... cream provides one of the most domesticated, and delicious, relationships we have with ice. It can become a kind of crazy, rules-free relationship, too, since the combination of tastiness and the guarantee of an enthusiastic audience encourages some extreme creativity when it comes to ice cream flavours. The winning recipe of the 3rd… Continue reading competitive ice cream winner: bacon
A few thoughts about a recent sculpture I made and installed for Dawson City's Riverside Arts Festival. “To your health!” was a toast to anyone who’s found their heart too frozen to speak. A public toast, and a poetic service. Stain the wood. Stain the air with the scent of wine. Walk up closer and… Continue reading meg walker: to your health
For those poor souls who live in geographies without natural ice formations, glass art might be your next best bet. And Neil Wilkin's art might just satisfy the need, especially if my theory rings true about glass being an ice substitute - visually, metaphorically - when it comes to decorative arts. If ice is water… Continue reading on Neil Wilkin: is glass ice’s cousin?
Early June this year was the first time I had a chance to drive up part of the Dempster Highway, a packed gravel road that connects the southern Yukon with Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. The Dempster is a pathway to the NWT, but it's also a destination, an experience. It's the closest vehicle-accessible area… Continue reading phenom: rock glacier (plus some dempster highway dreaming)
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