Arctic 60n 70w

arctic-60n-70w SVG artwork
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Creative Rationale

Over the frozen expanse of Baffin Bay, where arctic waters meet the western shores of Greenland, an extreme cold snap grips the landscape with temperatures plunging far below the seasonal average. The moderate wind from the southwest carries crystalline air across this desolate seascape, while high pressure creates a heavy, dense atmosphere that seems to press down on the ice-covered waters. I've translated these harsh conditions into a composition of jagged, layered forms that build upward like pressure ridges in sea ice, using deep blues and stark whites punctuated by sudden bursts of warm ochre—representing the temperature anomaly as fierce thermal energy breaking through the arctic silence.

Atmospheric Data

Date
2026-03-16
Location
60, -70 (Arctic 60n 70w)
Pressure
1027.2 hPa (gradient: 53.81)
Wind
2.7 m/s from 228°
Temperature
-24.5°C (anomaly: 37.2°C)
Humidity
85%
Visual Interest Score
36

Technical Details

Model
Claude Sonnet 4 (us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0) via Amazon Bedrock
Artist Inspiration
Lesley Tannahill
Weather Source
Open-Meteo API (GFS model)
Format
SVG (2048×2048 viewBox)
Generated
2026-03-16T17:23:25.897650+00:00
Compute
AWS Lambda (Python 3.12, 512 MB, us-east-1)
Run ID
2026-03-16-172202

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License: This artwork is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Attribution: James Tannahill / art.jamestannahill.com. No commercial use or derivatives without permission.