A contemporary sonnet: “Polar Sequences: York Factory 1872” is the first in a series, each tied to a specific place in the Arctic regions. York Factory was a settlement of the Hudson Bay Company and located in Northeastern Manitoba. It was a hub for fur trading in the region for many years, but after severe overconsumption, effectively dwindled to desuetude in the early 1870’s. My intent with the poem was to highlight a paradox of consumption. The poem references “rabbit starvation,” which is a type of protein sickness that arises from a diet consisting only of rabbits. The lack of fat in the diet is eventually fatal.