In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature-and their idea that elves live among us-Nancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it. Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art-from ancient times to today-Brown...

A Minnesotan of Icelandic ancestry, Bill Holm had traveled all over the world, gathering material for a number of rich and memorable books. Then he decided to journey to the land his family had long ago left behind for the United States, and moved into a town with one general store in a nation of a few hundred thousand people. This book recounts his time at Brimnes, his fisherman's cottage on the shore of a creek in northern Iceland. There, he embarks...

As with all the best travel writing, True North is an engaging, compassionate tale of self-discovery, whilst blending historical and contemporary narratives in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Robert Macfarlane.

"Ethnologist Rasmussen journeyed widely across Greenland...in support of his theory that the Eskimo (Inuit) were descended from migratory Asian tribes." -The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys (2011) "The far northern world of paganism and magical incantation, as Rasmussen came to see, could be so cruel as to lead to unspeakable acts." - The Ice at the End of the World (2020) "Few people who read Rasmussen's...People of the Polar North will fail to...

Includes translations, by the author, of the more important early documents.

This saga travels across oceans and continents to Iceland, Greenland, and North America during the time in history when Anglo-Saxons battled Vikings and the Norsemen discovered America. The marked contrasts between powerful royalty, landless peasants, Viking warriors and noble knights are expertly brought to life in this gripping tale of the French prince named Rumon. Shipwrecked off the Cornish coast on his quest to find King Arthur's legendary Avalon,...

"This narrative treats the Viking realms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many-sided achievements at home and abroad. [The book] ranges from their origins and legendary prehistory to the military triumphs of Canute to the defeat of Harold Hardrádi and Stamford Bridge in 1066, which symbolically ended the Viking age. [It] recounts the Vikings' exploits in war, trade and colonization, covering their assault on...

Nature is increasingly threatened and desired. The progress of global tourism and easy access to transportation have made the enchanting scenery and unforgettable panoramas found in all corners of the continents that make up our planet, accessible to an ever growing number of people. The idea of "remote" has steadily abated but there are still encounters with nature that leave those that experience them with unforgettable moments and memories. This...

Survey of the Viking period, based upon historical and archaeological evidence.