Deception Island Larry Jaffe a magnetic intersection between cultures

a magnetic intersection between cultures and histories

Despite being written only a couple of years before his fiery suicide

Are the various versions of himself lost with those who knew them

and these photographs portray a snapshot of their way of life during this upheaval

Deception Island Larry Jaffe a magnetic intersection between culturesWelcome to Deception Island, a tiny Volcanic caldera in the Antarctic Ocean. Here the rusting remains of industrial whaling and a seabed littered with whalebones testify to mankinds greed and brutality. But the island is also an outpost of scientific exploration, witness to human attentiveness and fortitude. As the ship carrying the authors father edges through the basalt cliffs into the calmer waters of Deception Island, the islands many voices,