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

Friday, 2 November 2012

Winter in the Arctic, Summer in Antarctica

As the arctic prepares for some months of long dark night... ... in the extreme south arrives a short summer, not warm but as good ...

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Qikiqtarjuaq, Broughton Island, door to the Auyuittuq Park

Qikiqtarjuaq (meaning big island ) is located just north of the Arctic Circle and off the east coast of Baffin Island, in smaller Brou...

Saturday, 13 October 2012

The Smoking Cliffs of Franklin Bay, just south of the Horton river mouth

In a recent post , I published an illustration of the Smoking Hills of Franklin Bay as seen by british Captain Robert McClure in 1850, wh...

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Siorapaluk, the northermost community in the planet

Siorapaluk is an inuit settlement located in northern Greenland, on the west coast by Robertson Fiord , only 1362 km from the North Po...

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