Bøger om Polar regions

Where the f**k is Blönduós? is both a triumph of travel writing and a masterpiece of memoir. It deserves a space on every bookcase and in every suitcase. Richard Moriarty - The Sun. Having survived a terrifying burglary, Emma had reached a point in life where she feared being awake and dreaded falling asleep. She grabbed her late mother's notebooks, packed her car with warm clothes, a swimsuit that had seen better days, a set of winter tyres and a brand new tent, and caught a ferry to Iceland. Surtsey was an unexpected eruption - just as my own birth was unplanned and something of an interruption. So captivated by the magic of Iceland, our mother returned home with a bar of Toblerone for each of us. There were no hugs or questions as to our welfare. My sisters and I had been alone for three weeks. I was almost 5 years old. Inspired by a six-month journey to Iceland in wintertime, "Where the f**k is Blönduós?" is moving, honest, and entertaining. Why would a middle-aged woman choose to spend a winter alone in the far north of Iceland? It's a fair question, though the answer isn't quite so straightforward. I dreamed of lying on a blanket gazing up into the night sky, holding my breath in anticipation of the colourful aurora that may soon dance overhead, without being asked, "Will you be long?" By battling the elements, conquering her fears, and learning to knit, all under the watchful gaze of the small community, Emma made sense of the past, found peace with the present, and felt strong enough to deal with the future. Authentic, gripping, and as vivid as a cold winter's night, this inspirational Icelandic adventure will take you on an unforgettable journey of discovery and healing. Chris Riches - Daily Express

Die Antarktis ist das Nonplusultra der Weltreisen! Wenn man seefest ist und über entsprechende finanzielle Ressourcen verfügt, sollte man einmal im Leben die Reise auf dem Eisbrecher antreten und sich auch Südgeorgien nicht entgehen lassen. Die Region ist keine Wellness-Oase, sondern ein äußerst lebensfeindliches, aber überaus sehenswertes und einzigartiges Terrain. Die Schönheit der Flora und Fauna im ewigen Eis sind unvorstellbar, regelrecht unwirklich! Dieser Bildband nimmt Sie anhand zahlreicher beeindruckender Aufnahmen von Peter Voss mit auf seine Reise zu einem der faszinierendsten Naturschauspiele unserer Erde.

Jakob er en ung mand i det moderne Grønland i en yderdistriktsby, som ser mere, end han siger. Han begynder at se ting og lægger to og to sammen. Inden han ved af det, er han midt i et virvar af virkelighed og sagn, der smelter sammen til noget, som ingen andre rigtigt forstår.I denne kærlighedsroman følger man hverdagen i et yder­distrikt, set gennem en lokal mands øjne.

Yoggi og snestormen er en fortælling om den lille slædehundehvalp Yoggi, der bor i det nordlige Grønland. Da han en dag bliver syg, bliver han flyttet fra hundepladsen, hvor han har boet sammen med sin mor, søskende og de andre slædehunde i Aluu-spandet. Han kommer til at bo hos Hobbykusken, der ejer hundene og kører hundeslæden. Hobbykusken og Yoggi bliver gode venner, og Yoggi lærer at forstå Hobbykuskens sprog. I en farlig snestorm bliver både Yoggi, Aluu-spandet og Hobbykusken sat på en hård prøve, hvor det gælder liv eller død. Heldigvis redder Yoggi dem alle, fordi han forstår, hvad både hans menneskeven og hans hundevenner siger.

This collection highlights the practical consequences of postcolonial legacies and climate change while championing a sustainable future for Arctic development and governance.

Unknown to many, Niko Pirosmani is revered as a legend in his native Georgia. Conveying a sense of poignant empathy, his portraits, animal paintings, landscapes and scenes from everyday life painted around 1900 in a flourishing Tbilisi draw on medieval iconography and testify to a deeply felt sense of belonging. At the same time, the avant-garde recognised a novel and radically new form of painting in his work. Like Henri Rousseau or Marc Chagall, Pirosmani is one of the exceptional yet difficult to categorize proponents of early modern art. This catalogue demonstrates Pirosmani's qualities in numerous illustrations, showing how his rapid brushstrokes on black oilcloth give the sparsely applied colors a glow as if coming from a dark depth. Pirosmani was a master of concentration¿and a storyteller. As expertly explained in the catalogue by a selection of Georgian art historians, he was a unique artist, a contradictory figure and an important part of the art scene in Tbilisi, then considered the "Paris of the East." Born into a peasant family, NIKO PIROSMANI (1862 - 1918) arrived in Tbilisi in 1870. Painting portraits and tavern signs for room and board, he came to the attention of the Georgian and Russian avant-garde in 1912, who presented him a year later as the "Rousseau of the East" in the Moscow exhibition Mischén alongside works of Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich and Marc Chagall. An exhibition in Paris was planned, yet never to happen due to the First World War. Pirosmani died impoverished in 1918. Today he is Georgia's most celebrated artist.

An incisive account of the Arctic convoys, and the essential role Bletchley Park and Special Intelligence played in Allied success

"The Arctic is the greatest wilderness on Earth", says wildlife guide and photographer Hälle Flygare. In this beautiful book of pictures of birds and mammals of the high country and far north, two eminent biologists (Valerius Geist and Geoff Holroyd) and two well-travelled nature photographers with many years experience observing wild animals (Hälle Flygare and Wayne Lynch) depict and describe the wild survivors of the great ice age. Before that period, our now-temperate regions were populated by giants: woolly mammoths, enormous bison, short-faced bears, American cheetahs, ground sloths, gigantic beavers and deer with 4-metre wide antlers. But even now, "North" means "big". This book shows Polar and Alaska Brown bears, big wild sheep, caribou and cougars; whales, orcas, narwhals and beluga whales; wolves, golden and bald eagles, and walrus. But the smaller Arctic mammals and birds are here too: Arctic fox, hares, otters and geese, loons and ptarmigan. The backdrop is sometimes snow and ice, sometimes the splendid color of a northern autumn, in scarlets and golds, and the blues of coastal waters. The text is both factual -- explaining why the creatures have evolved to look and behave the way they do -- and revelatory: why we need to slow climate change, reduce poisons and habitat loss in the environment as bird populations slide. Why changing the population decline is important to us as humans on Planet Earth. What we should, and can, do.

"I am often asked what is the most memorable photograph I have ever taken. This is difficult to decide because many photos meant personal involvement. My Inuit photos to me are most meaningful. They were taken under difficult conditions. I came to know the people. We lived together and shared hardships." --Richard Harrington, 1998 Richard Harrington (1911-2005) was a renowned Canadian documentary photographer. He traveled to more than 120 countries, and his work has appeared in the Toronto Star, Life, Look, National Geographic, Paris Match, Der Stern and Parade Magazine. Some of his most memorable photographs were captured between 1947 and 1953, when Harrington took five expeditions to the Arctic. His work documents not only the transitioning lifestyles of the locals, as western influences encroached on traditional ways of living, but also a terrible famine that struck the Padleimuit in the Northwest Territories in 1950 -- when the caribou, the main source of food for the Padleimuit, did not follow their usual migration path. The moving photographs from this series document dignity, acceptance and love in the face of starvation. Richard Harrington: Arctic Photography is a curated selection of some of Harrington's most stirring and compelling photographs from his years in the Arctic. With an introduction by renowned curator and artist Gerald McMaster and a short biography written by Stephen Bulger, the primary representative of Harrington's estate, this collection of masterful photographs is an important and timely re-examination of Harrington's work in the face of a changing climate and renewed Indigenous activism.

In this book, kids will learn about the many body adaptations that make Arctic foxes perfectly designed for life in the Arctic, as well as some of their amazing abilities-like being able to travel huge distances in search of food, even swimming between islands on their quest!

Hans Borchersen voksede op i Scoresbysund – nu Ittoqqortoormiit – som søn af stedets sidste kolonibestyrer.Det var en dejlig barndom med stor frihed og mange usædvanlige oplevelser.Tæt på teenagealderen blev han sendt til Danmark for at gå i skole på Sorø Akademi, en flytning, der indebar mange vanskeligheder med omstillingen.50 år efter besøgte han atter byen.Det blev et besøg med mange minder, mange gensyn og mange tanker om, hvordan byen, det lokale samfund og naturen har ændret sig.Det grønlandske sprog har han bevaret og er glad for stadig at kunne bruge det.

MISSA LAUDATE (Gå trygg framåt och lev din längtan) är ett kyrkomusikaliskt material som i sin helhet tar ungefär en timme att framföra. Mässan kan användas antingen i en tema- eller musikgudstjänst (med nattvard) eller som ett fristående musikevenemang i kyrkan, och är skriven för kör, solister, orgel och församling. Det ingår böner, bibeltexter och poesi som skall läsas, reciteras till musik eller sjungas, samt solostycken för orgel. Delar av materialet kan användas som underlag för improvisationer, som kan vara förberedda av musikerna och andra medverkande eller spontant uppstå vid framförandet. Hymner och liturgiska melodier utan körsats eller utskrivet komp är i de flesta fall enkla att harmonisera och ackompanjera på traditionellt vis vid orgel eller piano av en musiker eller körledare. Några sånger kan passa ihop med folkliga eller klassiska soloinstrument eller en improviserande kompgrupp, men huvudinstrumentet i mässan är tänkt att vara kyrkorgel.

"Rix tells the gripping story of Greenland's vanished Viking-age settlers, placing their poignant narrative in the wider context of cultural discourse and imperial politics. Ranging expertly across fiction, exploration, poetry, navigation and reception, he addresses one of the most mysterious and contested questions in the history of colonization"--

"An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction"--

Wenn man die eigene Komfortzone erst einmal hinter sich und sich auf Abenteuer einlässt, so können die wundervollsten Dinge passieren.Dieses Buch erzählt, wie es ist, sich auf die volle Bandbreite des Lebens einzulassen. Neue Kulturen, die Freiheit und Großartigkeit der Natur zu erleben, fremde Landschaften zu durchqueren und vor allem, sich selbst kennenzulernen und die eigenen Grenzen auszuloten. Zoë Agasi und Olivier Van Herck erzählen in eindrucksvollen Bildern und packenden Berichten von den Erfahrungen, die sie auf ihrer Reise, die sich über 40.000 Kilometer und mehr als vier Jahren erstreckt hat, gemacht haben.Leaving the Comfort Zone liefert wertvolle Informationen dazu, die eigene Expedition zu planen, was man mitnehmen sollte und was man zu Hause lassen kann, wo man rasten, was man essen und worauf man achten sollte, wenn man unterwegs ist. Egal ob auf dem Fahrrad, im Kanu oder einfach zu Fuß - es gibt viele Wege die Welt zu erkunden, man muss nur den ersten Schritt machen.

The varied and rewarding life of a Welsh Guardsman

This pocket-sized travel guide to Reykjavík is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do, what to see and how to get around the destination. It covers top attractions like the Blue Lagoon, as well as hidden gems, including the Icelandic Punk Museum. Our Reykjavík guide book will save you time and enhance your exploration of this fascinating city. This Reykjavík travel guide has been fully updated post-COVID-19. This Mini Rough Guide to Reykjavík covers: Hallgrimskirkja and around; Laugavegur: the main shopping street; The Culture House and Harpa; Austurvollur and Aoastraeti; Tjornin and around; The harbours and the sea; Grandi; Eastwards to Laugardalur; Perlan, Oskjuhlio and Nautholsvik; Seltjarnarnes; Greater Reykjavík; Day trips by bus; Day trips by plane.In this guide book to Reykjavík you will find: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY TYPE OF TRAVELLER Experiences selected for every kind of trip to Reykjavík from cultural explorations in the National Museum of Iceland, to family activities in child-friendly places like Arbaejarsafn Open-Air Museum or chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas, like the Blue Lagoon.TOP TEN ATTRACTIONSThis Reykjavík travel guide covers the destination's top ten attractions not to miss, including Hallgrimskirkja, Harpa, and Old Harbor, and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions.COMPACT FORMATCompact, concise, and packed with essential information, with a sharp design and colour-coded sections, this guide book to Reykjavík is the perfect on-the-move companion when you're exploring Reykjavík.HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTSIncludes an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture of Reykjavík.WHAT TO DODetailed description of entertainment, shopping, nightlife, festivals and events, and children's activities.PRACTICAL MAPSHandy colour maps on the inside cover flaps of this travel guide to Reykjavík will help you find your way around.PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATIONPractical information on eating out, including a handy glossary and detailed restaurant listings, as well as a comprehensive A-Z of travel tips on everything from getting around to health and tourist information.STRIKING PICTURESInspirational colour photography throughout.FREE EBOOK Free eBook download with every purchase of this Reykjavík guide book to access all content from your phone or tablet for on-the-road exploration.

Drawn by the natural beauty, rich literary tradition, and charming eccentricities of the island nation, two lifelong friends journey across Iceland

This book examines British and Argentine media output in the prelude to and during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas Conflict and acknowledges the aftermath and legacies of the media response.

'Engaging, rich and nuanced, this book exposes the deep dilemmas facing this Arctic archipelago. A must for anyone with an interest in the challenges of a melting world. Ethnography at its best' Marianne E. Lien, Professor, University of Oslo'Rich and deeply textured ... Zdenka Sokolí¿ková demonstrates how the logic of extraction intersects awkwardly with community, environment, geopolitics and sustainability' Klaus Dodds, Professor, Royal Holloway University of London'Lucidly captures the dilemmas of maintaining community in the world's northernmost settlement, where climate change is particularly evident. Highly recommended!' Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard, Professor, University of BergenLongyearbyen in the Arctic is the world's northernmost settlement. Here, climate change is happening fast. It is clearly sensed by the locals; with higher temperatures, more rain and permafrost thaw. At the same time, the town is shifting from state-controlled coal production to tourism, research and development. It is rapidly globalising, with numerous languages spoken, and with cruise ships sounding their horns in the harbour while planes land and take off.A small town of 2,400 inhabitants on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Longyearbyen provides a unique view into the unmistakable relationship between global capitalism and climate change. The Paradox of Svalbard looks at local and global trends to access a deep understanding of the effects of tourism, immigration and labour on the trajectory of the climate crisis, and what can be done to reverse it.Zdenka Sokolí¿ková is a researcher at the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research in Longyearbyen was hosted by the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway.