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, 30 December 2015

The Lewis Chessmen
- the oldest northern chess game

The Lewis Chessmen are a group of 12th-century (1150-1200) chess pieces, most of which are carved in walrus ivory, from 3.5 to 10 cm hi...

Monday, 21 December 2015

400 000 - this solstice deserves a feast !

This Winter Solstice, I am reaching - or have reached by now - 400 000 visits to Ultima Thule ! That is a medium-size city already, and th...

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Red-orange Christmas stars decorate the Greenlandic windows

Greenland celebrates the Holidays with a particular joy: as the polar night reaches its almost 24h long duration, a feast of lights, communi...

Saturday, 5 December 2015

Base San Martín, Barry Island - red on white

Marguerite Bay ( Bahía Margarita ), on the west coast of the southern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, was chosen for its relatively mi...

Saturday, 28 November 2015

Rackwick Bay and the Old Man of Hoy, Orkney Islands

The Orkneys can be anyone's Ultima Thule . They have the remoteness, the preserved authenticity, the wilderness of cliffs, bays and sea...

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