Ocean Ambassadors is very pleased to announce their support for Henry’s ecological guidebook to the Westfjords of Iceland. This one-of-its-kind guide contains three books and a fold-out weatherproof map. Together, they form a compendium of notes for those seeking deep connection with self, community and ecology—both terrestrial and marine.
The Westfjords region of Iceland is one of the world's most pristine and important marine environments, supporting millions of seabirds, a huge abundance of fish and visited by a plethora of different whale species. Opportunities for exploration abound, while marine research and sustainability are core to many businesses operating in the region.
For more information on the project: http://wayfinding.guide/
Instagram: @westfjordswayfinding
An extract:
The whales still fall
denizens of the abyss
occupiers of the liminal
emissaries of the surreal
the O in ocean
as in life, in death
—an ouroboric embodiment
in life, their bodies, built with plankton,
tend the gardens
where plankton grow
while in death, whales smile
in recognition of the way they travel
—towards the core of the earth
and on the bed of Rán
a ceremony befitting their
angel-fluked frame awaits
crabs, hag and rattail fish
are first to arrive
then the ocean’s oldest gatekeeper
the Greenland sleeper shark
(500 years young)
hustles its way to the heart
the skeleton bared then flowers
for half a century more, with
anemones and bone-eating zombie worms
the ocean said to me
—all is well in the depths;
the whales
still fall