Listen to the full-length version of Fragments from the Arctic or listen to each part separately. The background audio on all tracks are original recordings taken in the Norwegian Arctic in April of 2022. Ice melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
0. prologueIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
iii. BARenTS SeaIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
i. tromsøIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
iv. SVALBARDIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
ii. FJORDSIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
vi. epilogueIce melting glaciers polar bears walruses Arctic fox narwhal bowhead whale climate change rising temperatures disappearing habitats coastal erosion sea level rise global warming adaptation resilience reflection silent crisis threatened ecosystems human impact environmental degradation sustainability stewardship crossroads hope action voices rising solidarity preservation future choice consequences lament.
Moving Meditations
read The Journali. TROMSØI arrive in transition. I arrive from the air.
I wonder how it is that I landed somewhere like this. I wonder how I became so lucky?
ii. FJORDSWhat mystery lives in these mountains?
What wisdom is frozen in the ice?
Here lies the history of the world.
Centuries of all-knowing.
iii. BARenTS SeaWho can say they own the wild places of the Earth?
Who can say they rule the sea?
This wild, mighty ocean has no laws
no rules
no owner.
iv. SVALBARDOutside the ship the water is almost frozen. A slushy ice puzzle all around.
The ice seems to reflect my internal life—slushy, slow-moving, grey.
