The first two lines of each verse of "Latitude 88 North" are sung to a paucity of pitches. The first line of each verse ("The ice man came to me tonight" [1], "Then I knew that you were gone" [2], and "Frozen shadows in doorways" [3]) are sung completely to B notes. There's a bit more variety in the second lines, but each is sung to only two pitches. "So very near but out of sight" (1) and "It came to me; I was alone" (2) are each sung to a string of C notes with a single G note at the end, and "They will linger there always" (3) is sung mainly to a string a C notes, rises to a single D note, and then ends with an-other C note.
While it's especially appropriate for "Frozen shadows..." articulating these lines with only one or two pitches each musically demonstrates the "frozen" conditions of Latitude 88 North. It's as if even the music can no longer move.
