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Latitude North

In this captivating work part travelogue, part history, part memoir of a life-long affair with the northern lands and seas traveller and scholar Charles Moseley describes a haunting world, where the voices of the past are never quiet. From his account of the last days of the Viking settlements in Greenland to his own experiences on the melting glaciers of Spitsbergen, he reminds us how deceptive are human ideas of permanence, and how fragile are the systems of these starkly beautiful lands.

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: IndieBooks (January 25, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1908041226

ISBN-13: 978-1908041227

Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 1.4 x 6.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #3,271,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #94 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > Australian & Oceanian #390 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > European > Scandinavian #517 in Books > Travel > Polar Regions > Arctic

This is an extraordinary book: it tells of a series of explorations – singly or in groups - to the Great North: from Norway to the Shetlands to Greenland and Iceland and beyond. The expeditions are vividly brought to life, with passion and elegance and are in turn adventurous, suspenseful, gripping, instructive, humorous. The traveller’s phenomenal memory enables him to convey the beauties of land and ice and sea in startling detail. The present time of each journey blends in with tales about a past that feels as if it was but yesterday, so great is the narrator’s love for the area and his pleasure in telling, so vibrant his imagination, so encyclopaedic his lore about Vikings, medieval history, northern sagas, archaeology, flowers, birds. It is also a moving memoir and a testament of wisdom – about where we come from and our need to keep up bonds with the past, about the pace at which not just ice is melting but societies are caught in change – and about the miraculous value of life. The passion that informs this book is testimony in itself.

A personal reflection of Viking exploratory experiences of the world.

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