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Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Ultima Thule: Further Mysteries of the Arctic
Ultima Thule: Further Mysteries of the Arctic
Table of Contents
PYTHEAS AND ULTIMA THULE
Introduction
The Navigator and his Journey—the Background
Plate II
Plate III
Discovery of Iceland Before Pytheas. Possibilities and Probabilities
Plate IV
Plate V
Visits to Iceland After Pytheas
The Voyage To Thule
Plate VI
Here where the fires of Phoebus touch. the chariots of the Pole. In the luminous night the wheel of the sun. burns with a flame. Continuous, and the emulous night. Brings in the clear day. For the sun is turned upon the oblique. axis of the world. And as it nears the axis of the West. Sheds its downward rays. Until anew the South (South Wind) Swallows the panting steeds in the sinking sky
Minor Considerations—and a Summary
Plate VII
DID COLUMBUS VISIT THULE?
The Documents in the Case
Plate VIII
Plate IX
Columbus Did Not Go to Iceland
Plate X
Columbus Went to Iceland
Plate XI
Plate XII
SUMMARY
Plate XIII
WERE PYTHEAS AND COLUMBUS RIGHT ABOUT ARCTIC CLIMATE?
Testimony from Ancient and Mediaeval Writers
Plate XIV
Plate XV
The Decades of Heroism and Modesty
The Last Phase in Arctic Canada
The Dispute Since 1929
Plate XVI
Plate XVII
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WORKS CONSULTED FOR PYTHEAS CHAPTER
Footnotes
INDEX
ULTIMA THULE. Further Mysteries of the Arctic
Recent Macmillan Books on the North. UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF THE ARCTIC. By Vilhjalmur Stefansson
A GUIDE TO ALASKA: Last American Frontier. By Merle Colby
GREENLAND LIES NORTH. By William S. Carlson
ALASKA UNDER ARMS. By Jean Potter
