Arctic Passage ARTIST INSTALLATION TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 10 A.M.–6 P.M.

Award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Louie Palu will install a series of photographs frozen in large ice blocks on the Ransom Center's plaza. The photographs were made in the high Arctic over the course of three years while Palu was on assignment for National Geographic.

The project explores the evolving situation related to the geopolitics of the Polar region, the history of the Arctic, its connection to the Franklin Expedition, and climate change. Many of the photographs seen in this project are from the some of the most inaccessible locations on the planet. The blocks will melt over the course of the day, gradually revealing the photographs. A related conversation at 4 p.m. examines the installation and our understanding of the Arctic through photography.

Palu's work in the Arctic was supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Geographic and Pulitzer Center.

The installation Arctic Passage and related talk are being supported by the Harry Ransom Center, Joan Morgenstern and SXSW.

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Photo: Canadian Airman, Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, 2017 © Louie Palu & National Geographic