Using an imagined voyage as its structural line, an arctic experiment with uncertain credentials will be sending back messages trying every possible means to contact us and connect with us.
“scant transmissions due generator problems.”
Is the voyage real? Are the messages to be trusted? Are the images verifiable or are they photos of images from some ancient ice cave?
“RESEND. DO NOT UNDERSTAND”
This fictional voyage and its attempt to communicate (with us) will be the basis of this piece, but the nature of its real purpose is was what is termed “hush-hush,”
"REPEAT LAST MESSAGE"
COLD AND SNOWING
REPEAT LAST MESSAGE
HULL CRACKED IN HEAVY SEAS
MAJOR FLOODING
74.21N 74.21N 91.93E 91.93E
NOW ABANDONING SHIP
MSG RECEIVED
DO NOT UNDERSTAND
is that mermaid in the grass skirt singing ?
come again, come again, come again
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