EPISODE FIFTY SIX Writing the Arctic

Geographical Imaginations by Kevin S. Fox | Cultural Geographer

Sep 8, 2019Science & Medicine

On expedition in Svalbard we encountered the circa 1930s cabin that pioneer female big game hunter and writer Wanny Wolstad lived in during five overwinters . Literature scholar Dr. Ingrid Urberg contextualizes Wolstad a...

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