Today a package arrived. My husband Ruud ordered THE book, a book that was already on his wishlist for some time. First edition of the North Pole by Robert Peary. Peary is - there is some debate on this fact - the first man that explored and discovered the North Pole. He wrote a book on his adventure, 1 year later in 1910, exactly 100 years ago. Funny to see how they were dressed at these times. A huge contrast with the high tech materials we have and the fancy jacket we will wear.
This book will become now part of our sleeping ritual, a couple of pages before falling in a deep sleep. I'm sure he will take it with him to Spitsbergen.
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