Biographical introduction, Summary of Contents (Danish edition) and Summary of Contents (English edition)

Kira Moss

doi:10.7557/16.4264

Abstract

The sixth volume in the series consists of Sophus Tromholt's monograph Under Nordlysets Straaler, first published in Danish in 1885 and then in a slightly different English version (Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis, in two vols.) later in the same year. Both editions are included here, digitized from copies kept by the University Library of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. They are introduced by a biographical essay and summaries of contents by Kira Moss, UiT in Tromsø.

Highlights

While recounting the background for the expedition and his personal experiences during the journey to and stay in Kautokeino, Tromholt includes vivid depictions of the region’s ethnography, history, and natural history, with a special emphasis on the local Sami population
The series would not have been possible without the aid of scholars willing to write the introductions; in this case, Kira Moss, currently working as a librarian at the University Library, University of Norway (UiT)
I acknowledge technical support and guidance from my colleagues Stein Høydalsvik, Aysa Ekanger, and Jan Erik Frantsvåg at Septentrio Academic Publishing, University Library, UiT; and graphic design by Mark Stenersen, RESULT, UiT. Items digitized for this volume: Copy of Under Nordlysets Straaler from the Ultima Thule Collection of the University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Summary

Vol VI

By Sophus Tromholt digitized by UiT, with a biographical introduction and summary of contents by Kira Moss. The series would not have been possible without the aid of scholars willing to write the introductions; in this case, Kira Moss, currently working as a librarian at the University Library, UiT. I acknowledge technical support and guidance from my colleagues Stein Høydalsvik, Aysa Ekanger, and Jan Erik Frantsvåg at Septentrio Academic Publishing, University Library, UiT; and graphic design by Mark Stenersen, RESULT, UiT. Items digitized for this volume: Copy of Under Nordlysets Straaler from the Ultima Thule Collection of the University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (see e-book). I–II from the Ultima Thule Collection of the University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (see e-book, vol I; ebook, vol II)

Biographical introduction by Kira Moss

UNDER NORDLYSETS STRAALER

UNDER THE RAYS OF THE AURORA BOREALIS