In 2015 a sailor, who probably died of a heart attack or stroke, was found drifting in his boat mummified. Air, heat, and the saltiness of the sea helped mummification. Police were called to identify him by the objects on his boat.
*Click on the image below to read the poem “Mummyman”
© Astrid van der Pol.
“Salt-Dried Sailor – Mummyman”
Cyanotype on rag paper, 18″ X 24″
Amber MacGregor ©2018
Listen to the poem “Mummyman” read by Astrid van der Pol below
© Astrid van der Pol