“I miss living things – even cockroaches. I miss being part of a larger ecosystem… and if you come to Antarctica, you’ll miss these things, too.”
Geoff Graham
Antarctic adventurers Cricket Arrison and Geoff Graham send us some long-distance audio dispatches from a polar ice shelf this week on The Signal. This photo, by the way, is one of many incredible images they’ve posted at their cooler-than-cool blog: iciest.wordpress.com.
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- Decent pay, room-and-board included, for five months’ work at a scientific research facility… sound like a sweet job? Just one wrinkle: It’s on a polar ice shelf in Antarctica. Baltimore locals Cricket Arrison and Geoff Graham took the offer, they’re down there now, and they’ve been sending us a series of audio recordings that chronicle their adventures.
- Contributor Charles Cohen brings us the story of old-time fiddler Dave Bing, who keeps alive an American music tradition forged in the hills of Appalachia.
- Susan Weis of Breathe Books recommends readings on Toltec wisdom and alternative medicine.
- And literary contributor Eric D Goodman shares a story for all of us who might be a bit too attached to our daily planners.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Here’s the link to Cricket and Geoff’s bolg about life in Antarctica: iciest.wordpress.com
This week, Susan Weis of Breathe Books recommends reading:
The Fifth Agreement, by don Miguel and don Jose Ruiz
Committed, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Perfect Health – the Complete Mind Body Guide, by Deepak Chopra
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
Here’s a link to Eric D Goodman’s literary blog, Writeful
And here’s a link to Eric’s new children’s book: Flightless Goose