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Polar Nights

Polar Nights
  • Author(s): Simon Hacker
  • Location(s): Kyle of Tongue and Ben Hope, Sutherland, Svalbard
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Hitching a ride on a rogue iceberg, a polar bear washes up on the north coast of Scotland and immediately causes havoc in a small fishing community. Intent on the media scoop of the decade, TV journalist Rebecca Riposte...

The Heirs of the Arctic

The Heirs of the Arctic
  • Author(s): Aslak Nore, Sean Kinsella (Translator)
  • Location(s): Norway, Svalbard
  • Genre(s): Noir, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2015

#2 Falck Saga December 2015. Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core. Hans Falck, who had most to gain from the contentious will, lingers in a hospital bed in...

The Last Bear

The Last Bear
  • Author(s): Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Svalbard, Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): N/A

Imagine making friends with a polar bear… The Last Bear is perfect for readers of 8+, beautifully illustrated throughout by Levi Pinfold – winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and illustrator of Harry Potter 20th anniversary edition covers. “This...

THE LAST WHALER

THE LAST WHALER
  • Author(s): Cynthia Reeves
  • Location(s): Svalbard, Norway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1937-1938 as well as 1947

THE LAST WHALER is an elegiac meditation on the will to survive under extreme conditions. Tor, a beluga whaler, and his wife, Astrid, a botanist specializing in Arctic flora, are stranded during the dark season of 1937-38 at his...

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