Decaying Ice, Lingering Fall
Wednesday, December 11 / 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Free and open to the public*

As climate change brings one unprecedented environmental change after another to our region, one of its most noticeable impacts is on pond and lake ice.

In the last two years, our region saw declines in the extent and thickness of ice that had rarely occurred before. Using macro-photographic images, local photographer Steve Arcone documented the beautiful, but disturbing progression of ice decay on a small pond in West Lebanon, NH during the fall and winter of 2022 – 2023 and 2023 – 2024.

This photo-story is comprised of stunning photographs that will take viewers on a colorful journey from the initial cool-blue sunlit freezes in mid-November through the many warmly colored thaw-freeze episodes observed in early winter to spectacular, blue crystals frozen within a sheet of “black ice.”

Join us for an event that blends art and science to explore the beautiful fragility of ice.

About Steve Arcone:
Steve Arcone grew up in Greenwich Village, New York City, has two degrees from Cornell University and a PhD in geophysical exploration from Dartmouth College. He retired in 2016 from the Cold Regions Laboratory in Hanover, NH. During his career, Steve made more than 40 trips to Alaska to study sea ice, permafrost, and glaciers and twelve trips to Antarctica to research the snow and ice structures within the West and East Antarctic ice sheets.

Presently an adjunct professor at Dartmouth College, Steve is also a juried member of The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and the New Hampshire Society of Photographic Artists. His present macro-photography projects include seasonal changes in pond ice on fall debris, fall foliage on water, oil flow on water, and spider web threads.

View photography by Steve Arcone

*A $10 donation suggested.

Photo of ice and leaves by Steve Arcone.

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