Last Places: A Journey in the North

A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North.

Author: Lawrence Millman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 11/20/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780618082483
ISBN10: 0618082484
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Special Interest | Adventure
- Travel | Europe | Nordic Countries | Iceland & Greenland