Northwest Passage
The score for an ice-class freighter breaking through the Northwest Passage at solstice. Eighteen hours of polar twilight from bow to stern.
8 tracks·29 min·for code
1
Engine On at Cambridge Bay
The first kilometer of ice.
3:22
2
The Leads
Following the dark water seams.
1:10
3
The Pressure Ridge
Where the floes have collided.
8:34
4
The Sun Never Sets
Solstice midnight on the bridge.
7:04
5
Polar Bear at Three Degrees
A single witness on the floe.
2:53
6
Ice Breaking at Quarter Speed
The hull working steadily.
2:19
7
The Resolute Channel
Past the narrowest point.
1:42
8
Open Water at Baffin
The pack thins, the engine eases.
2:31
