Notes from the far north.
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7 entries · updated 14 Aug 2026
Today's bearing · Arctic Ocean · 88°N 0°E · 14 Aug 2026
Twelve per cent a decade
Arctic September sea ice has shrunk 12.2% every decade since satellites began counting in 1979.
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Three entries a week. A place in the far north, a fact worth keeping, and what it taught us about building things.
Daily · 5 entries
- 13 Aug 2026The bay that holds most of themBaffin Bay in winter is where the majority of the world's narwhals go to wait.Baffin Bay
- 12 Aug 2026Four months without a sunriseWhat the polar night does to the way northerners build.Svalbard
- 11 Aug 2026The tusk is a tooth, and it can feelTen million nerve endings in a spiral of ivory.Hudson Strait
- 10 Aug 2026Buy once, inherit twiceIn the north, gear is not replaced. It is handed down.Greenland Sea
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