The Ice Museum
In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7641323M
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780670034734
- ISBN-100670034738
- ISBN-139780670034734
- LibraryThing659659
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- Goodreads1657626
- OCLC Control Number63655117
- Better World Books9780670034734
Classifications
- LCCG765.T5 K3
Description
A legend, a land once seen and then lost forever, Thule was a place beyond the edge of the maps, a mystery for thousands of years. And to the Nazis, Thule was an icy Eden, birthplace of Nordic "purity." In this exquisitely written narrative, Joanna Kavenna wanders in search of Thule, to Shetland, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland, and Svalbard, unearthing the philosophers, poets, and explorers who claimed Thule for themselves, from Richard Francis Burton to Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Marked by breathtaking snowscapes, haunting literature, and the cold specter of past tragedies, this is a wondrous blend of travel writing and detective work that is impossible to set down. RVIEW: Thule, real or not, is ripe and beguiling material for a literary and geographic adventurer, and Kavenna is formidable on both fronts...Highly cerebral, erudite, refreshing. (The New York Times Book Review)
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