RCRD LBL is an online record label (Surpise! Vowels!) that offers free MP3 downloads of its artists in true hipster fashion. In fact, here is one of my current favorite songs from Caribou. Here. He looks like a high school science teacher, but in fact, he makes lush and lovely music.
While you are listening, why not read a book? I'm currently reading The Terror, by Dan Simmons. It tells the story of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to the Arctic to search for the Northwest passage using the two steamships, The HMS Erubus, and The HMS Terror. There is a lot of ice involved. So far, I have needed to curl up in very warm blankets in order to read it. It's vaguely a historical novel, however, I'm not sure whatever it is that is plaguing the two ships in their ill-fated voyage is entirely natural. The story so far is intelligent, interesting, and creepy.
The fortitude of the men traveling to the far reaches of the globe so long ago must have been incredible. Imagine voluntarily sailing off, knowing it would be years before you'd see home again, and knowing there was a strong possibility you'd be burying some of your friends and crewmates at sea, or chipping into the arctic ice in an effort to put their bodies to rest.
Now, (unless you're WomanNorth, and you didn't need to imagine the Arctic) stop imagining, and make yourself a nice cup of steaming hot cocoa.
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