It exerts a strange, maddening pull on those trying to make their mark on its vast expanses – a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to come. When the path of the two expeditions meet, the lives of all three become inextricably intertwined.Īll are obsessed with the land under the pole star, a place where violent extremes exist side by side: perpetual night and endless day frozen seas and coastal meadows warring egos and consuming passion heroism and lies. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Yearning for wider horizons, American geologist Jakob de Beyn joins a rival expedition led by the furiously driven Lester Armitage. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Posted in Interesting facts from books, Stef Penney, Uncategorized Tagged Facts from books, Under a Pole Star Under a Pole Star 8 The End (Chapters 57 end) Posted on Jby mercy2908. She struggles to be taken seriously, but determination and chance take her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that world. In 1889, the whaler’s daughter from Dundee sets out to become a scientist and explorer. Flora Mackie first crosses the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, and falls in love with the land a people of the far north. In Under a Pole Star, Stef Penny deploys her magestrial command of language and place to chart a life lived absolutely on the edge.
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