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Christiane Ritter

A Woman in the Polar Night

A Woman in the Polar Night

A classic memoir by Christiane Ritter about her year spent living in a remote cabin on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen.

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  • Kate George
    Kate GeorgeFirst to rec

    “⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a memoir of a women who in 1934!! Lives in the attic with her husband. Such a beautiful book with reminders on noticing beauty and appreciating the little things, that are really the big things.”

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  • Grace
    Grace

    “Imagine spending a winter alone in a tiny hut in the Arctic. Months of complete darkness, polar bears prowling right outside and howling blizzards. Christiane Ritter lived to tell the tale and my god it’s unforgettable!”

    52

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