This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland

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This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
In a tribute to the far latitudes, Gretel Ehrlich travels across Greenland, the largest island on earth. All but five per cent of the island is covered by a vast ice sheet, an enduring remnant of the last ice age. Despite a uniquely hostile environment, it has been inhabited continuously for thousands of years. Greenlanders retain many of their traditional practices: some... More

Art Wolfe Travels to the Edge – Season 2 Vol 4

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Art Wolfe Travels to the Edge - Season 2 Vol. 4
Season 2 Vol 4 - 4 1/2 hour episodes 2 new Offers available from $17.95 * as of Saturday July 31, 2010 13:12:48, America/Los_Angeles Product information Category: DVD Editorial Review Product Description: Season 2 Vol 4 - 4 1/2 hour episodes Similar Products Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product Availability are subject to change. Any Pri... More

Iceland National Road Map (Red Cover)

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Iceland National Road Map (Red Cover)
* as of Saturday July 31, 2010 13:12:49, America/Los_Angeles Product information Author: Roger Lascelles Manufacturer: Publisher: Roger Lascelles Category: Book Publication Date: October 2, 2000 Format: Import ISBN: 1858791812 Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product Availability are subject to change. Any Price displayed on the Amazo... More

The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of Gudrid’s story... More

Icelandic Journals

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Icelandic Journals
William Morris's routes through south-west Iceland can still be followed, possibly, though not necessarily as for Morris's party, on horseback. Morris was plump, unfit and relatively untravelled, but his enthusiasm, grit and phenomenal eye for detail sustained him for six weeks in 1871 and a further two in 1873 through 'the most romantic of all deserts'. Morris kept very... More