Shipwreck, SvalbardA wrecked wooden boat on a gravel shore in Svalbard, its hull split open and the superstructure folded in on itself. Rust staining marks the old waterline. Everything above it is falling apart in slow motion, plank by plank, exposed to Arctic weather with no shelter and no reprieve. Behind it, the layered sedimentary mountains of Spitsbergen rise steeply into low cloud. The rock strata are remarkably distinct, horizontal bands laid down over millions