Summer at Little Lava: A Season at the Edge of the World

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Summer at Little Lava: A Season at the Edge of the World
Little Lava is a farm on the west coast of Iceland. No roads lead to it; the way lies across a lagoon flooded twice a day by the tide. A lava field borders the farm. From the house, views give onto mountains, volcanoes, rugged coast, and the pure Icelandic sky. PIn Summer at Little Lava, Charles Fergus... More

Travels In The Island Of Iceland: During The Summer Of The Year 1810 (1811)

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Travels In The Island Of Iceland: During The Summer Of The Year 1810 (1811)
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.... More

Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World: Updated in 2009, with a New Foreword and scores of all 25 games between Fischer and Spassky, with diagrams and some chess analysis by Sam Sloan

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Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World: Updated in 2009, with a New Foreword and scores of all 25 games between Fischer and Spassky, with diagrams and some chess analysis by Sam Sloan
In 1972, an epic chess match took place in Iceland between representatives of the two great super-powers of the world: Bobby vs. Boris. Boris was backed by the Mighty Soviet Union, with late night phone calls coming from his handlers in Moscow, telling him what his next move should be. Meanwhile, Bobby stood alone against the might of the opposing nation. ... More

FROST ON MY MOUSTACHE: ARCTIC EXPLOITS OF A LORD AND A LOAFER

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FROST ON MY MOUSTACHE: ARCTIC EXPLOITS OF A LORD AND A LOAFER
25 used Offers available from $0.01 * as of Thursday May 17, 2012 05:48:44, UTC Product information Author: Tim Moore Manufacturer: Publisher: Abacus Category: Book Publication Date: 1999 Format: Import Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published) Number Of Pages: 288 ISBN: 034911... More

First Crossing of Greenland: The Gamble that Launched Arctic Exploration (Adventurers & Explorers)

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First Crossing of Greenland: The Gamble that Launched Arctic Exploration (Endeavour)
First successful crossing of Greenland whose reliance on skis was the launching pad for modern polar expeditions by Nansen, Scott and Amundsen. After the successful publication of his biography (1998) and his brilliant polar journal Farthest North (2000), Nansen has in the past years recaptured his reputation as 'a modern Viking' (Daily Mail) which he enjoyed a... More