The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
In one of his poems, Edgar Allan Poe alludes to "an ultimate dim Thule," a realm that his readers might recognize as a vaporous, icy land beyond the borders of any sea charts. For centuries, writers, mythmakers, and travelers have speculated and sometime ventured into this distant Arctic mystery....
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In one of his poems, Edgar Allan Poe alludes to "an ultimate dim Thule," a realm that his readers might recognize as a vaporous, icy land beyond the borders of any sea charts. For centuries, writers, mythmakers, and travelers have speculated and sometime ventured into this distant Arctic mystery. In The Ice Museum, British journalist Joanna Kavenna journeys to Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland, and Svalbard in search of her own ultimate Thule. Her suave blend of travelogue and cultural history gives this book both a strong personal feel and a broader significance.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143038467 (014303846X)
Publish date: January 30th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
oooh this is going to be a chore, the writing style has little merit so I am hanging on for some delicious factoids.jewel #1 - Arne Naess: it's good to have another look at this man who, incidently, has moved to the edges of suburbia now - loljewel #2 - Burton's visit to Iceland; Auden's visit to sa...
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