"For Greenland is a barren place, A land where grows no green, But ice and snow, and the whale-fish blow, And the dayl…"

"As Men in Greenland left beheld the sun From their horizon run; And thought upon the sad half-year Of cold and darkne…"

"The Icelander Biœrn of Skardsa...relates that Jon Grœnlander, a Hamburgh seaman, was thrice driven among the Greenlan…"

"In my first voyage not experienced of the nature of those climates, and having no direction either by Chart, Globe, o…"

"Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit Niaqqut ulissimavoq qiinik. Qitornatit kissumiaannarpatit Tunillugit sineriavit piinik.A…"

"A stunted, stern, uncouth, amphibious stock Hewn from the living marble of the rock Or sprung from mermaids, and in o…"

"“How do you find America?” a reporter asked Ringo Starr just over 61 years ago. The Beatles’ drummer replied: “Turn l…"

"When the expanse of more recently formed land on which Nantucket stood was submerged, Nantucket was insulated by the …"

"Nantucket is one of the last remaining authentic places in America. It has streets and Quaker meetinghouses and no tr…"

"Since the island was settled, Nantucketers have been grappling with coastal hazards which, in many ways, are an accep…"