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True North: Travels in Arctic Europe
True North: Travels in Arctic Europe
True North: Travels in Arctic Europe
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A journey through the far north from the Shetland Islands to Greenland and beyond: “A wonder-voyage . . . often beautiful” (Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland).

The stark, vast beauty of the remote landscape of Arctic Europe has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history, and mythology, Gavin Francis offers a unique portrait of the northern fringes of Europe. His journey begins in the Shetland Islands, takes him to the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard, and Lapland.
 
Following in the footsteps of the area's early pioneers, the author observes how the region has adapted to the twenty-first century, offering insight into the lives of people he encounters along the way. As with all the best travel writing, True North is an engaging, compassionate tale of self-discovery, blending historical and contemporary narratives.
 
“His nuanced, often witty, observations of the people and places he encounters mean True North really gets under the skin of Europe’s magical north.” —Sunday Herald
 
“An evocative writer.” —Booklist on Empire Antarctica
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2011
ISBN9780857901101
True North: Travels in Arctic Europe
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Gavin Francis

Gavin Francis (Fife, Escocia, 1975) se licenció en Medicina en la Universidad de Edimburgo en el año 1999 y después dedicó diez años a viajar por todo el mundo. Miembro del Royal College of General Practitioners y del Royal College of Emergency Medicine, es autor de tres libros: True North: Travels in Arctic Europe (2008, 2010); Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins (2012), que fue Libro del Año 2013 en Escocia y finalista de los premios Costa, Ondaatje, Banff y Saltire; y Adventures in Human Being (2015), ganador del Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year de 2015, libro del año del Observer’s Science y ganador en los BMA Book Awards. Vive y ejerce la medicina en Edimburgo.

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