Lorraine De Selle
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A Woman In The Polar Night is a collection of her poetic reflections on that year - the days, weeks and months filled with beauty, danger and courage, howling winds and crashing ice floes, arctic ptarmigan and polar foxes, northern light and profound darkness.
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A Woman Much Admired: Directed by Harry Harris. With Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson. Gillespie receives a life altering shock when an old flame comes for a visit and is later murdered.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Harry Harris
- 1991-10-01
Feb 9, 2024 · “A Woman in the Polar Night,” originally published in 1938 and translated from the German by Jane Degras, is her captivating account of life in the Arctic before, during and after the fjord...
This rediscovered classic memoir tells the incredible tale of a woman defying society’s expectations to find freedom and peace in the adventure of a lifetime. In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband.
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Nov 14, 2019 · The rediscovered classic memoir – the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman's year spent living in a remote hut in the Arctic. 'Conjures the rasp of the ski runner, the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights' Sara Wheeler.
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- Christiane Ritter
Nov 13, 2022 · A woman in the polar night. 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.
Nov 14, 2019 · The rediscovered classic memoir – the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman's year spent living in a remote hut in the Arctic. 'Conjures the rasp of the ski...
