Bibliograph

A woman in the polar night, Christiane Ritter ; translated by Jane Degras ; introduction by Lawrence Millman

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A woman in the polar night, Christiane Ritter ; translated by Jane Degras ; introduction by Lawrence Millman

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A woman in the polar night

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

659391820

Responsibility statement

Christiane Ritter ; translated by Jane Degras ; introduction by Lawrence Millman

Summary

In this extraordinary adventure, a reluctant visitor to the Arctic thrives in the awesome and unforgiving landscape. In 1933, Christiane Ritter, a painter from Austria, travelled to Spitsbergen, an Arctic island north of Norway, to be with her husband. He had been taking part in a scientific expedition and stayed on to hunt and fish. "Leave everything as it is and follow me to the Arctic," he wrote to his wife; but for Christiane, "as for all central Europeans, the Arctic was just another word for freezing and forsaken solitude. I did not follow at once." Eventually she gave in, lured by his c

Table Of Contents

Introduction by Lawrence Millman -- The beckoning Artic -- Outward bound -- First days in the wilderness -- Mikkl -- By boat into the interior -- The earth sinks into shadow -- Alone in the hut -- Peace after the storm -- Night falls -- The bewitching polar night -- The unending darkness -- The pack ice and the first bear -- A dead land -- A hunter brings the mail -- A trip to reindeerland -- The fight for vitamins -- Spring on the ice -- Spoilt for Europe

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