北极：一段痴迷的历史 艾琳·卡格The North Pole : The History of an ObsessionErling Kagge

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Book Details

ISBN-13: 9780241999646

ISBN-10: 0241999642

Author: Erling Kagge, Kari Dickson

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 432

Release Date: 4 May 2026

Weight: 500g

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

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书籍简介

迷人的北方：一段关于痴迷与探索的历史

在人类有记载的历史中，地球上鲜有地方能像北极那样激发人们如此强烈的好奇心。这是一个宛如另一个世界的地方，太阳升起后会持续高悬长达六个月之久，之后才会落下，将广袤的冰雪世界笼罩在长达半年的黑暗之中。

本书跟随埃尔林·卡格的脚步，讲述了他于1990年春季抵达北极的经历，为我们呈现了一北极故事。从对地球北端充满好奇的希罗多德，到绘制世界地图的早期勇敢的制图师，再到弗里乔夫·南森和罗伯特·皮里——这两位享誉全球的极地探险家——率领的传奇探险队，他们怀着一种危险的执念，一心想要抵达北极。由此展现的是一部全新的世界史，跨越数千年，视角源自北极“银光闪耀的空旷之地”。

《北极》一书融合了卡格1990年北极之旅的亲身经历与这段史诗般的历史，它既是一部冒险故事，也是一部关于实现人类隐秘梦想、关于性格迥异的父亲和儿子、以及关于在逆境中坚持前行的心理记录。它献给每一个曾凝望远方，并思考如果继续前行会发生什么的人。

Summary

The Alluring North: A History of Obsession and Exploration

Throughout recorded human time, few places on Earth have inspired as much fascination as the North Pole. This is an otherworldly place where the sun rises and stays aloft for six whole months before setting, plunging the expanse of ice and water into darkness for half a year.

Foot-stepping alongside Erling Kagge, who ventured to the North Pole in the spring of 1990, we hear the story of the North Pole as never told before. From Herodotus who first wondered what the northernmost point of our planet might be like, to the intrepid early cartographers who mapped the world, and the legendary expeditions led by Fridtjof Nansen and Robert Peary - the first polar explorer global celebrities - who were in the grip of a dangerous obsession to get to the North Pole first. What emerges is a new history of the world, spanning thousands of years, as seen from the ‘silver-shining vacantness’ of the North Pole.

Blending memories from Kagge’s own 1990 trip with this epic history, The North Pole is an adventure story, a book about enacting hidden human dreams, about difficult fathers and their difficult sons, and a psychological record of what it means to keep putting one foot in front of the other in the face of adversity. It is for anyone who’s gazed out at the horizon - and wondered what happens if you just keep walking.

作者简介

埃尔林·卡格是一位挪威探险家，他是历史上到达“三极”（北极、南极和珠穆朗玛峰顶）的人。他著有多部书籍，其中包括已被翻译成42种语言出版的《寂静》。他现居奥斯陆。

Erling Kagge is a Norwegian explorer who was the first in history to reach the ‘three poles’ - North, South and the summit of Mount Everest. He is the author of multiple books, including Silence, which is published in forty-two languages. He lives in Oslo.