I spent three months this year performing clarinet in the Arctic. “How is your clarinet ok?!” “My clarinet cracked just looking at this post!” “How is the tuning?” These are some of the messages that flooded my inbox these last few months during my artist residencies in northern Greenland and Svalbard, where I played my Henri Selmer Paris Privilège Evolution system clarinet outside in subzero temperatures. My clarinet and I braved kayaking amongst the icebergs, walking on glaciers, climbing mountains, and even spelunking and performing in an ice cave – and it didn’t crack (the keys didn’t even bind)! The question I got asked most?Why would you do this? Backstory Over…