The Arctic: Enigmas and Myths

Paul Simpson-Housley‏

ستمبر 1996 · Dundurn

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This book seeks to provide illustrations of Arctic mysteries and fictions which often occur as a result of misconceptions of Arctic geography. The chapters are extremely varied in subject matter, and conclusions are in the domain of speculation.

The book begins with very early examples of northern travels starting with the probable adventures of Pytheas the Greek, Brendan the Irish monk and the four medieval odysseys of Adam of Bremen, Nicolas of Lynn, Prince Henry Sinclair and Zeno of Venice.

No account of polar enigmas would be complete without reference to the Franklin expedition, the possible fate of his lost ships and the debate over whether his men committed cannibalism. The book concludes with a deliberation on whether Cook or Perry actually did reach the North Pole, hinting that perhaps neither of them reached their objective.

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Paul Simpson-Housley is the director of graduate geography and an associate professor at York University in Toronto. His books include Sacred Places and Profound Spaces: The Geographics of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and A Few Acres of Snow: Literary and Artistic Images of Canada.