This image is a multimedia art creation that started in Arctic waters. I was north of the Arctic Circle, beneath the ice. People often ask me why I would ever want to dive under sea ice or under any ice for that matter. For me, the answer is that the ice is an ever-changing landscape that takes my breath away. In my book INTO THE PLANET, I tried to put it into words. “Iridescent blue, Wedgwood, azure, cerulean, cobalt and robin’s egg meld with chalk and silvery alabaster. The ice is vibrant, bright, and at the same time ghostly, shadowy. The beauty contradicts the danger.”
Every time I look at the ice today, I see a beautiful palette of nature and I want to paint with the blues and whites. I feel like sea ice is an endangered species. When I photograph an iceberg or a diver under the ice, I feel like it might be an image that hangs in a gallery of extinctions. There is no doubt that our world is headed toward an ice-free future, and I will have to dig a memory out of the back of my mind.
So this is the image that captures my imagination. After the last ice is gone, this is how I will remember my dives.
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