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

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

-- The '200 000' post --
Vík Í Mýrdal, south Iceland - maybe 'twas there Pytheas lowered sails

Suppose that Iceland is the island Pytheas the greek sailor landed on and called Thule . Then suppose it was inhabited by happy and health...

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Iceland, the Ultima Thule in Jorge Luís Borges' poetry.

From Jorge Luís Borges, An Island 1. To Iceland Of all the areas of the beautiful earth that my flesh and its shadow...

Friday, 14 June 2013

Stromness,
a song in the Orkney Islands

The Orkney Islands played an important role in the " Ultima Thule " northwards rush in the Victorian era. They were by the time ...

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