A red tent glowing from inside on a frozen lake under a clear blue evening sky

Field notes  ·  No. 14  ·  Winter

A night on the ice.

Three days camped on a frozen lake at the edge of the forest, waiting for the cold to show us how quiet a place can be.

  • 06:40The lake is still settling. Every few minutes the ice sings.
  • 13:15Forty centimetres thick, enough for a tent, a stove and two of us.
  • 21:40The light goes last over the far shore. The tent glows like a lantern.

Words and photographs by Tove Aldren  ·  Read the story