Turreted fairytale peaks, glistening snowfields, waterfalls
plunging over immense cliffs into the sea, a million tons of ice
capsizing - this is the setting for "Fallen Pieces of the Moon", an
account of a kayak trip along the west coast of Greenland, paddling
about 150 miles of coastline in the Nuuk fjords area. Into the
day-to-day account of contending with unsettled weather such as
fog, unstable icebergs, midges and bugs by the billion, are woven
insights into Inuit culture - their language, their shamanic
practices, their hunting and navigation techniques and much more.
On the way, the reader learns a great deal about the Arctic
animals, pollution and the Arctic environment. Information on the
early Arctic whalers, when whole fleets were beset and crushed by
ice, is included; and an appreciation will be gained of the
hardships endured by the Viking settlers and explorers such as
Frobisher and Franklin who suffered scurvy, frostbite and
starvation. Told with humour, the book is endlessly informative and
entertaining on topics ranging from cannibalism, kayak rolling and
Inuit string games to cargo cults or how the invention of bully
beef influenced naval tactics." Fallen Pieces of the Moon" is a
celebration of a sparse, billion-year-old landscape where the roots
of things, both physical and human, seem less hidden. It conveys
something of the wonder and awe that Greenland inspires in all who
have been there. It describes days of absolute stillness, sliding
though shoals of waxing suns; ephemeral cloudscapes on broad-winged
breezes; a high corrie where jet black ravens float in a crystal
bowl of Alpine air; and the ever-present icebergs like cathedrals
of glass, like floating jewels, like fallen pieces of the moon.
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