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I AM XTRATUF: THE CREW OF THE F/V ARCTIC LADY

An Ode to the Crew of the F/V Arctic Lady, who each season work tirelessly through some of the toughest conditions Alaska can throw at them. Words from the Ernest Henley poem “Invictus” which speaks to showing courage in the face of death. A reality that these fishermen face every day out on the water.

People on board a ship in a storm securing cargo

 

Out of the night that covers me, 

Black as the pit from pole to pole, 

I thank whatever gods may be 

For my unconquerable soul. 

 

A montage of two images including crew on a boat in stormy seas

 

In the fell clutch of circumstance 

I have not winced nor cried aloud. 

Under the bludgeonings of chance 

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

 

A montage of two images including crew on a boat in stormy seas

 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears 

Looms but the Horror of the shade, 

And yet the menace of the years 

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

 

A montage of two images including crew on a boat in stormy seas

 

It matters not how strait the gate, 

How charged with punishments the scroll, 

I am the master of my fate, 

I am the captain of my soul. 

 

Crew on board a ship celebrating holding fish in the air with gulls flying overhead

 

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To Learn More about the F/V Arctic Lady, visit @fvarcticlady on Instagram

Photography: Corey Arnold 

 

 

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