The Terror: First notes and bars

I began work on "The Terror" album right away. Since it's one of my favorite stories I really didn't need to search far for inspiration. The intro track is about halfway done and it conveys very well the main elements of the story: isolation and freezing cold. Both of them ooze out of the novel. You'll never look at snow the same way after reading the novel. I'm hoping to convey that into the music as well. If the intro track had images to go with it they would contain a Luc Besson style moving camera that floats over the ice and snow towards two stranded ships.