Friday, February 06, 2026

Arctic Fever

“The history of the Arctic is long, rich, varied, and so too is its future. Where we are today is just another brief moment in its history.”
The Large British Steamer Bulldog, the American Ship Nautilus, and Other Ships at Nuuk, 1860 (title translated by Richard Margolis) by Aalut Kangermiu (also known as Aron of Kangeq), from the first issue of the Kalaallit (Greenlandic) newspaper Atuagagdliutit, 1 January 1861. Photograph: Thomas Fisher rare book library


Arctic Fever is a newly opened exhibition on 19th-century Arctic exploration at the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher rare book library. It finds 19th-century parallels to Trump’s Greenland obsession.

Read more: The Guardian

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