TIME DOESN´T SEEM TO FREEZE HERE ANYMORE

© Pia Harboure - An iceberg, not from a drone. Lemaire channel, Antarctica, 2021. © Pia Harboure - Tourists disembark on the Argentinean Brown Base in paradise Harbour, Antarctica. © Pia Harboure - Southern Fulmars in flight on the rocky beach of Jenny Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, 2023. View all images ↓
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A "world" once imagined as forever not to be changed, is changing. Its timeless quality is slowly fading like an iceberg´s rebirth, dissolving into the ocean.

"Time doesn't seem to freeze here anymore" started in late 2021 when I first step into the industry of expedition vessels as a photographer and photo instructor on board. During the first navigation day on the Drake Passage, I remembered what I was told months ago before getting a first glance at the continent: "there will be no words", "there will be nothing you can compare it to".

Over the last 200 years, we have consumed influential visual and textual literacy from Antarctica that evoked ideas of wilderness, remoteness, peace, primitiveness, timelessness, sovereignty, exploration and human achievement. I gave it a thought as we navigate the psychological traces of COVID 19 and welcome an unprecedented rise of Antarctic tourism.

The tension that exists in the silence down here. The "remoteness" of the now more accessible most southern part of the world. Antarctica´s unrevealed aspects, its inconceivable spatial qualities. The underworld. What has been untouched and unconquered? What is involved in the attractiveness of this place? What does Antarctica represent today?

On the horizon, the complexity to understand our role in the world and our interaction with the nature.

© Pia Harboure - An iceberg, not from a drone. Lemaire channel, Antarctica, 2021.
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An iceberg, not from a drone. Lemaire channel, Antarctica, 2021.

© Pia Harboure - Tourists disembark on the Argentinean Brown Base in paradise Harbour, Antarctica.
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Tourists disembark on the Argentinean Brown Base in paradise Harbour, Antarctica.

© Pia Harboure - Southern Fulmars in flight on the rocky beach of Jenny Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, 2023.
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Southern Fulmars in flight on the rocky beach of Jenny Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, 2023.

© Pia Harboure - Image from the TIME DOESN´T SEEM TO FREEZE HERE ANYMORE photography project
© Pia Harboure - Cameras monitor the Lemaire channel from the World Navigator ships bow, Antarctica, 2022.
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Cameras monitor the Lemaire channel from the World Navigator ships bow, Antarctica, 2022.

© Pia Harboure - A man during the "polar plunge" ceremony, Petermann Island, Antarctica, 2022.
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A man during the "polar plunge" ceremony, Petermann Island, Antarctica, 2022.

© Pia Harboure - Waters of the South Atlantic Ocean at the volcanic beach of Neptune´s Window, Deception Island, Antarctica, 2022.
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Waters of the South Atlantic Ocean at the volcanic beach of Neptune´s Window, Deception Island, Antarctica, 2022.

© Pia Harboure - Scientific equipment from the Spanish research campaign at Deception Island beach, Antarctica, 2022.
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Scientific equipment from the Spanish research campaign at Deception Island beach, Antarctica, 2022.

© Pia Harboure - Fulmars fly over D´Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica, 2021.
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Fulmars fly over D´Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica, 2021.

© Pia Harboure - A starfish is held at hand by one of the teams expeditions. Half Moon Bay, Antarctica, 2021.
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A starfish is held at hand by one of the teams expeditions. Half Moon Bay, Antarctica, 2021.

© Pia Harboure - Frozen penguin carcasses and feathers. Neko Harbour, 2022.
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Frozen penguin carcasses and feathers. Neko Harbour, 2022.

© Pia Harboure - Fulmars gathered, Portal Point, Antarctica, 2021.
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Fulmars gathered, Portal Point, Antarctica, 2021.

© Pia Harboure - Iceberg covered with fresh snow. Antarctica. 2022.
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Iceberg covered with fresh snow. Antarctica. 2022.

TIME DOESN´T SEEM TO FREEZE HERE ANYMORE by Pia Harboure

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