The ice museum
in search of the lost land of Thule
by Joanna Kavenna
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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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Biography & Autobiography, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, Germanic Mythology, History, Mythology, Nonfiction, Thule-Gesellschaft, Travel, Mythology, germanic, Arctic regions, discovery and explorationPeople
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The Ice Museum
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource
in English
1436272033 9781436272032
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The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
January 30, 2007, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
014303846X 9780143038467
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The ice museum: to Shetland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland, and Svalbard in search of the Lost Land of Thule
2007, Penguin Books
in English
014303846X 9780143038467
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Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
2006, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
014101198X 9780141011981
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The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule
February 2, 2006, Viking Adult, Viking
Hardcover
in English
0670034738 9780670034734
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The ice museum: in search of the lost land of Thule
2005, Viking
in English
0670913952 9780670913954
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