Heddi Vaughan Siebel

A young man poses on an arctic island soviet-era weather station as a 1930s postman while a large icebreaker floats in the foggy distance

Sojourn documents six days in a Soviet-era weather station on Franz Josef Land and my interests, both historic and contemporary, in 'place' and the anthropogenic Arctic. They amplify ongoing research about my grandfather John Colin Vaughan a medical doctor and sled dog driver who was marooned for two years on Franz Josef Land with the 1903 Ziegler Polar Expedition. Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA. 2019.

An ogee arch of ice frames a pale blue sky with deep turquoise
Geometric iceberg formation looks like a turquoise apse in a cathedral
Iceberg melts in the shape of a buttress
A vista of an arctic beach with boxes of scientific supplies ready to load on the distant icebreaker
A man in a polar bear costume comes into the arctic camp to surprise tourists
House number one was the first house built in Calm Bay a soviet era camp and the old but solid wooden house stands guarding the bay
A tourist poses shirtless for the photographer in the cold midnight sun

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