FM 0178°13′N 15°38′ESvalbard3 min read
Seventy-Eight Degrees North
A week in the world's northernmost town, where wooden cabins wait out the dark and spring arrives as light pouring back over the mountains.
Far MeridianA travel journal shot like a film
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Chapter 01Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Svalbard
Seventy-Eight Degrees North
A week in the world's northernmost town, where wooden cabins wait out the dark and spring arrives as light pouring back over the mountains.
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The premise
Far Meridian is a travel journal shot like a film. We go slow, wait for the light, and come home with the stories that never fit on a postcard.
Go slow
Weeks, not weekends. We stay long enough to learn the rhythm of a place, and leave before we wear out our welcome.
Wait for the light
Every story is shot at the edges of the day, when the world turns gold, blue or impossibly pink.
Tell it true
Each chapter ends with field notes: when to go, how to get there and what we would do differently.
(02)The journal
Stories from the edge of the map.
6 chapters so far, each one shot slowly and written to be lived in. Pick a frame and step inside.
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End of reel
More stories are in the edit.
Get each one the day it lands, along with the frames that never made the cut.
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The places
Every name is a story. Pick one.
Some places you visit.Others quietlyrewrite you.
(04)Dispatches
Postcards from the far side of the map.
One letter a month, usually written somewhere with terrible wifi. No noise and no algorithm, just the road.
- The newest story, the day it lands
- The frames that never made the final cut
- A short note on where we are heading next