I will, however, just add that I was given permission to use photos from the expedition on the cover of the novella I wrote about Erichsen in Greenland. This is, as usual just a teaser with a few photos. In the search for things to blog about, I will revisit my visit and experiences and thoughts about Erichsen in later posts. Of course, just getting my fingers on – no gloves required – items that were over 100 years old and had been on the expeditions in Greenland was quite magical. I was mostly interested in Erichsen’s first Greenland expedition, the Danish Literary Expedition (1902-04) as I wanted to write about Erichsen’s poetry and his accounts and tales from the west of Jutland.

Spoiler alert: this was the expedition when Mylius Erichsen was eaten by a polar bear! We think he was eaten by a bear. Actually, what I got was a behind the scenes look at lots of items from the Danmark Expedition to Greenland back in 1906-1908. On this day in 2018, I arranged a visit to the Ringkøbing Museum on Denmark’s west coast to see the Mylius Erichsen exhibition.

Constable David Maratse Omnibus Editions.

Constable David Maratse (short stories).

Konstabel Fenna Brongaard Short Stories.

Constable Petra Jensen Omnibus Editions.

Greenland Missing Persons (short stories).

Greenland Missing Persons Christmas Calendars.

Maybe that will be more clear if I read more. It appeared to end abruptly and I’m not quite sure what happened. Like most short stories, this one left me with more questions than answers. It did intrigue me enough to consider picking up the first book to see for sure what is going on. There was enough world building included that I was able to understand the story. For fans of the series this short story may fill in some gaps. From reading other reviews, I’m guessing that the main storyline follows Clarissa’s older sister Opal.

This is a short story set in a fictional universe that I know nothing about. She has decided that she is going to be as stubborn and noncooperative as possible with these people who have taken her. Her priorities are different than those of an adult.

She notices things that the adults around her don’t. She is an imaginative ten year old who has been forcibly separated from her sister and she is NOT HAPPY.

Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater