Iceland: Land of the Sagas

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“We raised our fists and cheered. . . . With the sagas in our heads, with Iceland at its wildest beneath our boots, it don’t have been not possible to see Bárdr clumping along the summit ridge, prodding the glacier with his staff, ready to show us the way down.”

Iceland is a pictorial classic on probably the most last “undiscovered” countries in Europe–reissued for the first time in paperback.
        Iceland is continuously thought to be covered by ice, but actually it is gloriously green. Lush meadows, wildflower fields, and miles of rich tundra cover a landscape of remarkable variety: deep lakes, bubbling hot springs, tumbling waterfalls, snow-capped mountains. It’s also a landscape amazingly alive with massive lava flows and enormous glaciers. The human story of Iceland goes back more than eleven thousand years, and its heritage is told here in a treasury of riveting sagas of real-life heroes and all manner of supernatural beings.
        Both the land and the people of one of Europe’s most gorgeous countries come to life in this colorful account of the authors’ adventures as they walk, climb, and photograph their way through Iceland and connect to the bone-chilling sagas and the unfamiliar terrain. With breathtaking photographs from critically acclaimed creator and journalist Jon Krakauer, creator of the international bestsellers Into Thin Air and Into the Wild, and a penetrating narrative from Outside contributing editor and shuttle creator David Roberts, Iceland splendidly captures the spirit of this enigmatic country.
        Circumnavigating Iceland in summer and winter, Krakauer and Roberts encounter tales of monks and Vikings, outlaws and adventurers, trolls and witches. At the same time as touring and photographing, they discover the myths and legends of Iceland’s stirring history. A large number of other feats–including a hazardous winter climb to the summit of one of Iceland’s tallest mountains–round out a fascinating introduction to this unique and beautiful land.

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