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, 15 November 2013

5th Thule expedition:
'Nature is great; but are not men greater ?'

Knud Ramussen 's 5th ' Thule ' arctic expedition (1921-1924) was the most ambitious of all, covering most of the territorial ext...

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Three norse sailors at 72° 57′ N :
the runic stone from the 13th century found at Kingittorsuaq

In 1434, the Portuguese navigators doubled the dreaded Cape Bojador , just close to home, then they soon connected the Atlantic to the Indi...

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Rothera ,
a small British village in Antarctica

Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located on a small rocky beach of Adelai...

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Chefornak, Alaska :
Drum dancers and grass baskets

Chefornak is a small coastal town in Alaska 's subarctic tundra territory, on the south bank of the Kinia River , an arm of the Bering...

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