Noorderlicht
Video by Matt Wainwright. Song Lyric NOORDERLICHT When you were born a hundred years ago, you were a beacon of light, Noorderlicht. And then under another name, you became a different kind of haven, Noorderlicht. Then you were stripped down[…..]
Moon / Life on the Noorderlicht (according to cartoon)
Songs
CH_100More September 29th, 2010 Here are lyrics from songs that have been or will be posted on this site. All except Resist the Tide were composed during our journey. RESIST THE TIDE (performed upon an iceberg, video posted here) Things[…..]
Diary
September 16th, 2010 Today we hoisted the sails for the first time and I fell in love with sailing: the ropes and pulleys, the way we had to all work together to lift up those massive sails bit by bit,[…..]
Rock concert
Video by Matt Wainwright.
Shine on
Tuesday September 21st, 2010 Today I wrote a song called ‘Shine On’ inspired by a presentation given last night by Leonid, about his life and work. He grew up in a remote, mountainous region of Russia, where the challenge of[…..]
Resist the Tide
Cynthia Hopkins Performs a song on a lump of ice in the bay. Continue reading
What I have learned so far
Listen Ocean waves & wind – sound recording, 1:05 Sunday September 12th, 2010 Today is my 38th birthday. It’s been a strange and melancholy one for me. We came upon a glacier, which was massive in width and strangely variable[…..]
Cynthia Hopkins on the coming Voyage
Today is Saturday September 4th, 2010. I’m sitting in a park in Williamsburg Brooklyn and trees are swaying in a heavenly breeze, the humidity that oppressed New York the past few days having miraculously swept away over night. I’ve just[…..]
