Andrew Revkin, New York Times photographer, has created a compelling narrated slideshow of his recent trip to the North Pole. He has also written a 2,000-word article on the trip.

The slideshow provides for an excellent example of documenting a story using the web. It is telling of the power of combining images with sound that words has difficulty competing with on the “draw-you-in” level. I am surprised there aren’t simpler tools for allowing an author to create such web-based slideshows. Sure, Flash is good, but it’s no iMovie when it comes to simplicity.