Fallen Pieces of the Moon Book
£16.99
Fallen Pieces of the Moon Book
Turreted fairytale peaks, glistening snowfields, waterfalls plunging over immense cliffs into the sea, a million tons of ice capsizing - this is the setting for Fallen Pieces of the Moon" an account of a kayak trip along the west coast of Greenland paddling about 150 miles of coastline in the Nuuk fjords area. Into the day-to-day account of contending with unsettled weather such as fog unstable icebergs midges and bugs by the billion are woven insights into Inuit culture - their language their shamanic practices their hunting and navigation techniques and much more. On the way the reader learns a great deal about the Arctic animals pollution and the Arctic environment. Information on the early Arctic whalers when whole fleets were beset and crushed by ice is included; and an appreciation will be gained of the hardships endured by the Viking settlers and explorers such as Frobisher and Franklin who suffered scurvy frostbite and starvation.
