Arctic Canadian isles within ice

print size: 41 in x 52 in, 104 cm x 132 cm

file size: 361MB, 12572 x 9797

number of images: 1

center location: N 78.1, W 111.4

approximate scale: 1 to 136,000

ground cell: 14.25 m, long side: 179 km

These three islands locked in the frozen Arctic Ocean are also patterned with low lying fog, as vague popcorns obscure most of the land surface detail, with the exception of the two-toned Borden Island. Here are graceful drainage ways filled intermittently with snow, and an emptiness which asks very little of the observer. Forgotten places like this may well be remembered as the ocean ice melts and the shipping lanes change.