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The Norwegian explorer philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession.The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche&8212theultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet&8217srotation 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.Erling Kagge and his friend B&248rgeOusland became the first people &8220toever reach the pole without dogs without depots and without motorized aids&8221skiing for 58 days from a drop off point on the ice edge of Canada&8217snorthernmost island.Erling describes his record-making journey probing the physical challenges and psychological motivations for embarking on such an epic expedition the history of the territory&8217sexploration 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