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, 5 December 2013

Piteraq season,
the most feared in East Greenland

A Piteraq is a cold katabatic wind which originates on the Greenlandic icecap and sweeps down the east coast, commonly in the fall and win...

Monday, 25 November 2013

Stamsund, Lofoten Islands
- cheerful scenery plus a fabulous arctic beach.

Stamsund , in central Lofoten Islands: Stamsund is a fishing village located on the southern side of Vestvågøy island, along the V...

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...

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