The Norwegian explorer philosopher and acclaimed writer chronicles his historic 58-day journey
to the North Pole on skis in this gripping and thought-provoking memoir that is also a profound
meditation about nature and our place within it. The North Pole looms large in our collective
psyche--the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our
planet's rotation 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 Børge Ousland became the first people "to ever reach the pole without dogs
without depots and without motorized aids " skiing for 58 days from a drop off point on the ice
edge of Canada's northernmost island. In magisterial prose Erling narrates his epic
record-making journey probing the physical challenges and psychological motivations for
embarking on such an epic expedition the history of the territory's exploration 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 "Kagge's extraordinary life in
wild places " Erling offers surprises on every page while observing the key role that this
place holds in our current climate and geopolitical conversations. As majestic mesmerizing
and monumental as the terrain it captures After the North Pole is for anyone who has gazed out
at the horizon--and wondered what happens if you keep going. After the North Pole is
illustrated with 12-14 photographs. Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.
