{"product_id":"after-the-north-pole-a-story-of-survival-mythmaking-and-melting-ice-421783","title":"After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice","description":"\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane tab-white active\" id=\"tab-overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer chronicles his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this thought-provoking memoir that is also a profound meditation about nature and our place within it. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation, one of the places that is most vulnerable in an epoch of global climate change. Its sub-zero temperatures and strange year of one sunset and one sunrise make it an eerie, utterly disorienting place that challenges human endurance and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErling Kagge and his friend Børge Ousland became the first people “to ever reach the pole without dogs, without depots and without motorized aids,” skiing for 58 days from a drop off point on the ice edge of Canada’s northernmost island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn magisterial prose, Erling narrates his epic, record-making journey, probing the physical challenges and psychological motivations for embarking on such an epic expedition, the history of the territory’s exploration, its place in legend and art, and the thrilling adventures he experienced during the trek. It is another example of what bestselling author Robert MacFarlane has called “Kagge’s extraordinary life in wild places,”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErling offers surprises on every page while observing the key role that this place holds in our current climate and geopolitical conversations. As majestic, mesmerizing, and monumental as the terrain it captures, \u003cem\u003eAfter the North Pole\u003c\/em\u003e is for anyone who has gazed out at the horizon—and wondered what happens if you keep going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the North Pole\u003c\/em\u003e is illustrated with 12-14 photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Gift Land","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925333053529,"sku":"9780063421783","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/0206\/3705\/files\/9780063421783.jpg?v=1766070773","url":"https:\/\/royalgiftland.com\/tr\/products\/after-the-north-pole-a-story-of-survival-mythmaking-and-melting-ice-421783","provider":"Royal Gift Land","version":"1.0","type":"link"}