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, 7 December 2018

The Lamp, the Ice and the boat called 'Fish' : an Arctic Yuletide gift

The Lamp, the Ice and the boat called Fish is an illustrated book that tells an Inupiaq inuit tale: the story of the Karluk journey in th...

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

'Northern Lights' by Nancy Campbell

As a Season's greeting, I offer this captivating and evocative poem by Nancy Campbell , an Arctic traveller and searcher who lives and ...

Saturday, 10 November 2018

The Kolyma, the last of the four great Siberian Rivers

(continued) 4. The Kolyma River The Kolyma River forms from the confluence of Ayan-Yuryakh and Kulu rivers in the Kolyma Mountai...

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Ales Stenar, the Stones of Ale - a Viking memorial in Skåne, southern Sweden

This is probably the most fascinating and enigmatic pre-historic monument of Scandinavia. There, writing only started by the year 1000 unde...

Friday, 10 August 2018

Hudiksvall, hidden gem on the east coast of Sweden by the Gulf of Bothnia

- This is also to express my solidarity with the Swedish population who suffered from violent wildfires this month - Hudiksvall , at the...

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