Nordpolen. Natur, myter, eventyrlyst og smeltende is
Kagge Forlag 2024
Narrative Non Fiction / History, Memoir, Nature writing
105000 Words
Full English translation, Norwegian PDF
The North Pole is a thought-provoking book about nature and our own place in it
Long before anyone traveled to the North Pole, people have had ideas about what hid under the North Star. Was it the Garden of Eden? A magical mountain? A place with eternal sun? It would take thousands of years before the North Pole was wrested from its secrets.
Author and adventurer Erling Kagge is the first to have skied to the North Pole, the South Pole and climbed Mount Everest. In this grand narrative about the world’s northernmost point, he follows his own and others’ tracks, and sets out on an expedition into the myths, literature and stories about what is at the top of the globe.
The North Pole is a thought-provoking book about nature and our own place in it. It is a personal account of curiosity and a desire for adventure, of life-threatening polar expeditions, climate change and geopolitics — for anyone who has looked towards the horizon and wondered what you will find if you just keep walking.
Viking, Penguin, UK & BCW rights
Einaudi, Italy
Insel Suhrkamp, Germany
Locus, Taiwan
Kolektif, Turkey
Harper One, Harper Collins, USA
Penguin Random House, World Spanish
Bertrand, Portugal
Historiska Media, Sweden
De Bezige Bij, Netherlands
Politiken, Denmark
W.A.B./Foksal, Poland
Editions Paulsen, France
Brilliant! (six of six stars)
Dagbladet
Cold. Pain. Danger. Angry polar bears. Why do people go to the North Pole? The “adventure-lusting” explorer Erling Kagge, who ski-walked to the North Pole, vividly chronicles our obsession with the Arctic wilderness in his new book.
The Times
4 of 5 stars: As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly fatal obsession
The Daily Telegraph
It’s impossible to read Erling Kagge and not fall in love with the north pole. His enthusiasm is infectious and his adventures are epic.
Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author for "The Sixth Extinction"
Erling Kagge’s decades-long obsession with the North Pole has produced an extraordinary book that defies genre: an elegant travel account, a learned history and a psychological thriller wrapped in one. He evokes the “silver-shining vacantness” of the North Pole like no one else could.
Anne Applebaum
With Erling Kagge alive and active, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I am not the only mad man alive at present. He is also, never mind his icy achievements, a brilliant author.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Polar Explorer, Author of "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know"
Erling Kagge is a deeply thoughtful writer who has a strong and very individual style. The North Pole proves to be the perfect subject for him. The book of a lifetime.
Michael Palin, Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Television Presenter
It’s rare to find an author and a subject so perfectly matched. Erling Kagge has not only journeyed to the North Pole, he’s spent years exploring its role in history, cartography, science, literature, and philosophy. This book is full of extraordinary stories and wisdom earned through hard experience.
Eric Schlosser, Author of "Fast Food Nation"