New Book Available
Into the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar Regions
Einar-Arne Drivenes and Harald Dag Jolle, Editors
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
ISBN: 978-82-05-36185-0
Price: $85 USD
For more information and to order the book, please go to:
http://www.gyldendal.no/new/default.asp?ID_Product=9788205361850
"Into the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar Regions," the first
English-language account of Norwegian polar history and a pioneering
work written by top experts in a wide range of fields, recounts
pathbreaking expeditions, scientific research, commercial activity, and
polar policy from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day when
the polar regions have become the focus of inquiries into the state of
the Earth.
In the 1880s, few thought of Norway as a polar nation. Polar exploration
was expensive, and hence the exclusive province of larger, richer
nations. Fridtjof Nansen's 1888 skiing expedition across Greenland
changed all that forever. Soon Norwegians were among the pre-eminent
figures in an increasingly intense competition to conquer unknown
territory and set new records. Polar explorers became the heroes of
their time, even as they played a key role in Norway's expansion in both
the Arctic and Antarctic. "Into the Ice" takes the reader along on
Nansen's and Roald Amundsen's legendary journeys, as well as on the
daring airship expeditions. It also examines the impact of financial
considerations on political decisions, as well as the risks arctic sea
captains faced in their hunt for riches. Illustrated throughout with
unique color photographs, this work brings together all of Norway's
polar history in one volume.
To order the book, please go to:
http://www.gyldendal.no/new/default.asp?ID_Product=9788205361850
or contact:
Jo Evensen
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Phone +47-22-03-42-66
E-mail: jo.evensen [at] gyldendal.no