Book description
In a tribute to the far latitudes, Gretel Ehrlich travels across Greenland, the largest island on earth. All but five per cent of the island is covered by a vast ice sheet, an enduring remnant of the last ice age. Despite a uniquely hostile environment, it has been inhabited continuously…
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I was swept away by Gretel Ehrlich’s profound fascination with Greenland as expressed in this book; I read This Cold Heaven in great gulps over the course of a single weekend.
In its masterful weaving of natural history, Inuit lifeways, and personal experience, the book stands as a powerful, compelling testament to the far north and inspiration to me as a writer.
In addition to expressing a unique, deep love of the landscape, Ehrlich offers her experiences living with a community of Inuit Greenlanders, whose ancient and persevering culture lives and thrives in one of earth’s most stunning, and most…
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