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

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Arctic Ice report 2015

Bad, but could be still worse. The ice extension is a little under average in the Arctic; there are regions where it exceeded the usual exp...

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Solstice this Sunday:
longest day, longest night

On this 21st of June, 7% of mankind will have no daylight, but a long 24 hours night. On the other hand, in Europe and North America, this s...

Friday, 12 June 2015

Thanks, Hobart and Invercargill upside-down !

These two cities, which are near-antipodes of mine (Porto, Portugal), show the blue mark in the Blogger 's visit map as recent (and fre...

Friday, 29 May 2015

Fjällbacka and the 'Swedish red' - a northern summer resort

Fjällbacka is a remote fishing village in Sweden's west coast, 130 km north of Gothenburg and close to the border with Norway, bu...

Monday, 11 May 2015

Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada
- stunning arctic wilderness

Somerset Island is a large, uninhabited island in the Arctic Canada region of Nunavut. William Edward Parry was the first European t...

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