Continuing to walk on, the same rectangular block is seen from a different
angle. A second block is seen resting behind the first.
I had just changed the film in the camera and this was the first picture of
the new roll. I turned around after taking this picture and to my surprise
the roll of film I had just shot
was sitting in front of me on the ice. The three bands on my camera strap
holding the film canisters had frozen, allowing my film to slip out.
"You can't trust a simple thing like elastic in the cold
of the arctic. It becomes brittle. Camera straps freeze like swords and
camera shutters lock." I was quoted saying for the
IBM Circuit Magazine that did an article
on my trip to the North Pole.
