Ultima Thule

Ultima Thule! Utmost Isle!

Here in thy harbors for a while

We lower our sails; a while we rest

From the unending, endless quest

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Vardø, Norway's arctic fronteer

Vardø (pop. 2 600), facing the Barents sea near the russian border, is the easternmost town in Norway - east of Saint Petersburg and, stran...

Monday, 20 September 2010

Olonkinbyen, pioneer town for the XXI century

Olonkinbyen is a settlement on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen, a XX century prefabricated arctic base in a desert island. Olonkinbyen...

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Rosslyn chapel
- a scottish wonder

Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century church in the village of Roslin, seven miles from Edinburgh in Scotland. The beauty of its setting and th...

Friday, 3 September 2010

The Eskimo ball

The samples of a ball were found in archeological excavations of 1,5-thousand-year old inuit sites. The Eskimo ball was a symbol of the Sun...

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Belgian station in Antarctica
a Thule for the future

The Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica. Coordinates 71° 57’ S, 23° 20’E The belgian Princess Elisabeth Station was officially inaug...

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