"The High Arctic" genre: Folk
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	Song about explorers in the High Arctic. based on The Franklin Expedition - and others.
	MP3.com CD: Flying Free - buy it! CD: Flying Free   Label: Manatee Press Credits: Written, sung, recorded, engineered and Published by Charlotte Peters Rock
	Story Behind the Song It was written to explore the feelings of men, trapped and waiting for certain death, in an area where, had they been born Innuit, or had they asked the Innuit for help, they might have survived. Lyrics The High Arctic Our ships are locked high in the Arctic Our ships are locked high in the ice Our ships are locked high in the Arctic Now let me give you some advice ch Don't sail the High Arctic for pleasure my lads Don't come where the polar bear play Don't sail the High Arctic for pleasure my lads You'll wish you had all stayed away Ye freeze to death earning your pay Tall towers of ice in the Arctic sweep spirally south in the flow Tall towers of ice in the Arctic and silent ice-death down below ch We worked through the ice on long warp-lines We sawed through the ice-tongues to pass We worked through the ice on long warp-lines and ached for the southern green grass ch The snow blinds our eyes in its brightness and wind-freeze takes all warmth away The snow blinds our eyes in its brightness There's no hope of pulling away ch With tack running low in the galley the hunting men haven't returned With tack running low in the galley it seems all our boats have been burned ch I'll think of my Maudie forever And how will my little ones be I'll think of my Maudie forever I wonder if she'll think of me ch The ships are two coffins half-buried Dead sailors are froze to the decks The ships are two coffins half-buried Two High Arctic frozen ship wrecks ch You'll find us one year in these ice-tombs one year when a sharp thaw sets in You'll find us one year in these ice-tombs The frozen ship wreck and its kin ch + last line of chorus is sung three times the last time ending on a long drawn out fr-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eeze Copyright 1999 Charlotte Peters Rock

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