In the summer of 1856 the young Lord Dufferin sailed his schooner yacht the Foam north from Scotland, writing home to his mother as he went. The letters follow him through Icelandic feasts, saga country and geysers, then on through fog and pack ice to the lonely volcano of Jan Mayen and the shores of Spitsbergen.
Witty, warm and full of self-mockery, this is one of the most companionable Victorian travel books ever written. Download the free EPUB.