#frozen north

[littlepawz]

In Dr. Douglas Gurr's words, "This breathtaking and poignant image allows us to see the beauty and fragility of our planet. His thought-provoking image is a stark reminder of the integral bond between an animal and its habitat and serves as a visual representation of the detrimental impacts of climate warming and habitat loss."

This photo is heartbreakingly beautiful. No wonder the ‘Ice Bed’ by Nima Sarikhani won the 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year ' Award.

[iconauta]

The Frozen North (1922) Buster Keaton

The Frozen North is a comic western by Buster Keaton codirected with Edward F. Cline. The film parodies the heroic cowboy character that the star of westerns, William S. Hart, played in his films.

The production of The Frozen North followed the scandal that had ousted Fatty Arbuckle from the film industry. While Keaton had publicly supported his friend's innocence, Hart had been among his greatest and most ardent detractors. It was Arbuckle who came up with the idea of making a film in which Hart would be portrayed as a bully, thief, and violent man, and since he could not do so it was Keaton who wrote, produced, directed, and starred in The Frozen North . 

After the film's release, William S. Hart did not address Keaton again for several years. The parody of the western star began as early as the first scenes, when Buster cut out his silhouette from the advertising poster (00:58); but the scene that infuriated Harts was the one in which Buster Keaton cries with glycerin tears (02:29) , a trick Hart often used in his films. 

In The Frozen North Keaton parodies Erich Von Stroheim in Foolish Wifes (15:12), but unlike S. Hart, Von Stroheim took great pleasure in seeing himself imitated by Keaton. 

Also in this film, as in his best work, Keaton plays on the contrast of true and false, dream and reality, and the misuse of objects as when he uses guitars as snowshoes or snowshoes as tennis rackets.

[mikeysketches]

Campaign art from the Shining Commonwealth.

[nemfrog]

“An ice-field.” Wonders of the physical world. 1875.

Internet Archive

[tuesdaynightfights]

Journeying into Grimskalle to search for the Codicil of White only to run into a demi-god!

[mings]

Three images on Christmas Eve.

The first was around 10am, when the sun finally hove into view. Two hours later it peaked at just 9 degrees above the horizon.

By 3pm the light was already fading and the temperature dropping sharply in the easterly breeze. Nature gave us a beautiful display as ice started forming on puddles that weren't frozen only a few minutes earlier.

Now we're tucked up in front of a roaring fire. Well, one of us is anyway...

Happy Christmas to all.

[ffxivhimiko]

The bite is much worse than you think here...

[spinningtop397]

I would submit to that buster.