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	Thule Summary
		Ultima Thule, Brettanike, and the Voyage of Pytheas of Massalia
		Thule as Tile on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus.
		In the Spanish comic strip Capitán Trueno, the girlfriend of the protagonist is a Viking princess born in Thule.
	www.bookrags.com /Thule (2419 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southermost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule.
		It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the earth.
		It is thought that Thule and Cook may have been a larger single island in the past, and there is evidence for a submerged crater between the two.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Thule_Island (248 words)

	South Sandwich Islands
		The South Sandwich Islands are a volcanic island arc caused by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the South Sandwich Plate.
		Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southermost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule.
		Bellingshausen Island (59°25′S 027°03′W) is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group.
	www.britlink.org /south-sandwich.htm (1631 words)

	Thule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thule as Tile on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus.
		Thule or Tile is in classic sources a place, usually an island, in the far north, often Scandinavia.
		In Procopius, Thule was a large island in the north inhabited by 25 tribes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thule_(myth) (374 words)

	Southern Thule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell).
		Southern Thule was given its name because it must have seemed to its discoverers at very much the extreme end of the world (see Ultima Thule).
		After the surrender, Southern Thule was left deserted, but six months later a passing British warship noticed that the Union Jack had been taken down from the flagpole at the deserted base and the flag of Argentina run up in its place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Thule (523 words)

	Thule - Encyclopedia.com
		It was an island discovered and described (c.310 BC) by the Greek navigator Pytheas and variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
		The phrase "Ultima Thule" is used figuratively to denote the most distant goal of human endeavor or a land remote beyond all reckoning.
		Ultima Thule: Governing the most northerly inhabited portion of the world's surface cannot be an easy job.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Thule.html (381 words)

	Virgina Islands
		The island is of volcanic origin and lies to the south of Saint Thomas in the Charlotte Amalie harbor.
		From 1944 to 1950 the island was under the operation of the Department of Defense.
		The island served as the quarantine station for Otago in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/217/virgina-islands.html (786 words)

	Thule
		It extended to the east and to the west of meridian 8°24’E. It extended 1°36’ east to meridian 10°00’E (meridian of Carthage), because this meridian not only marks the easternmost point of the African coast in the area and the eastern coast of Tunisia, but because this meridian was of fundamental importance in world geography.
		The point Atlantis was understood to be identical with the island of the three Gorgones which was the intersection of the Ecliptic with the Equator and the basic meridian.
		The island of Thule is described in the account of the travels of Pytheas of Marseilles, who visited it ca.
	www.metrum.org /mapping/thule.htm (1633 words)

	"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children."
		The Thule Society linked to a man named Hitler who would one day look to control the next evolution of humanity as it struggles to be spiritually free.
		The Order of Thule was organized along the lines of the Rosicrucians, having differing degrees of initiation, only persons who could fully document that they were of pure "Aryan" ancestry were allowed to join.
		Thule is, in the Greek and Roman mythologies, a place, usually an island, in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia.
	www.freewebtown.com /thule/thule.htm (781 words)

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		This is faulty on the premise of proximity.
		Pytheas: Thule is the northernmost island of the northern British Isles.
		Thule is Iceland [northwest of Britain, Ireland, and the Orkneys] according to Solinus and Servius, in disagreement with Strabo and Pliny (however in agreement with Claudius Ptolemy).
	www.anctil.org /users/eric/rs-notes.html (15905 words)

	The Shetland Islands : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The islands also have been called "that long string of peat and gneiss that stands precariously where three seas -- the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, and the Arctic Ocean -- meet." Shetland's fjordlike voes (sheer rock cliffs) make the islands beautiful in both seascape and landscape.
		The Vikings held the islands from A.D. 800 until they were given to Scotland in 1469 as part of the wedding dowry of Princess Margaret of Norway when she married James III.
		The island craftspeople are noted for their creativity, reflected in their handcrafts, jewelry, and knitware.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theshetlandislands/2113010001.html (934 words)

	Thule
		To the ancient Greeks, Thule was the northernmost habitable region of the world.
		Pytheas was told that north of Thule the sea was solid and there was no night in the summer.
		In this area, the ocean is kind of substance resembling "sea-lungs" (jellyfish) where the earth, sea and air all blend together.
	www.eaudrey.com /myth/Places/thule.htm (179 words)

	Thule Guitar Tabs and Chords
		Thule or Tile is in classic sources a place, usually an island, in the far north, often Scandinavia.
		Thule is sometimes seen to have some commonality with Atlantis.
		In Procopius, Thule was a large island in the north inhabited by 25 tribes.
	www.guitarmasta.net /t/thule (222 words)

	My Log File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		While he was in the far north, he wrote of the island of Thule six days' sail north of Britain, with its 22 hours of sunlight in the summer and its 'congealed' sea only a day's sailing away.
		The most likely identification of Thule is with Iceland, though whether Pytheas visited the island for himself, or simply talked to people who had, must lie in the realms of speculation.
		Thule is was formerly identified as Iceland but could be any island in the general area as his report on his voyage only survives in fragmentary references in later writings which were usually critical (Strabo regarded his descriptions as a mass of fables!)
	home.wlu.edu /~hibbardm/gs/log.html (7238 words)

	AllRefer.com - Thule, ancient name for extreme N Europe (Ancient History, Northern Europe) - Encyclopedia
		Thule, ancient name for extreme N Europe, Ancient History, Northern Europe
		B.C.) by the Greek navigator Pytheas and variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
		The phrase "Ultima Thule" is used figuratively to denote the most distant goal of human endeavor or a land remote beyond all reckoning.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Thule.html (202 words)

	Articles - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		South Georgia and its associated islands, which consist of the island of South Georgia Island, which is by far the largest island in the territory, the islands that immediately surround the main island of South Georgia and some remote and isolated islets west and east-southeast of the main island of South Georgia Island.
		The climate in the islands is variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow.
		To the northwest of Zavodovski Island is the Protector Shoal, a submarine volcano.
	www.lightmag.com /articles/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands (1669 words)

	South Sandwich Islands (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The South Sandwich Islands consist of 11 islands (from north to south): Zavodovski, Leskov (the smallest), Visokoi, Candlemas, Vindication, Saunders, Montagu (the largest), Bristol, Bellingshausen, Cook and Thule.
		Thule, Cook, Bristol, Montagu, Visokoi, Saunders and Candlemas are almost 80% covered by glaciers, and the remaining four have hardly any at all.
		Even though these islands are more northerly than the South Shetlands (or even the South Orkneys), they have a much colder climate (due to the cold ocean current coming from the Weddell Sea).
	www.70south.com /resources/islands/sandwich (278 words)

	Tacitus, Thule and Caledonia: PART FIVE
		Thule represents a triumph in hitherto inaccessible areas, but the triumph lies in the conquest of the Ocean to reach Thulensis portus.
		Once the Romans had reached Thule and reports of the mission were received at court, everyone in Rome would have been aware that the place had lost its mystery
		Thule (Shetland) cannot be linked with Vespasian in AD43, but it can be linked to the Flavian involvement in Caledonia which may go back as early as AD69, if not into the pre-Flavian era
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /fartherlands/thule.html (5021 words)

	Stanley, Wireless Ridge, Tumbledown, Mount William in Falklands War 1982
		With the surrender of the Argentines around Stanley, and their transfer to the airfield as a POW camp, steps are taken to deal with the forces on West Falkland and far away on Southern Thule.
		Needing food and shelter for his own men, a priority for General Moore is to ship home the POW's, with the exception of around 500 senior officers and technicians held as a guarantee against the junta fighting on.
		As for the islands themselves, the British Government is committed to their defence in a policy referred to as "Fortress Falklands".
	www.naval-history.net /F60surrender.htm (881 words)

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	Thule
		In Classical myth, the legendary island situated in the extreme north sea.
		The name of the island Foula (positioned in the North Atlantic near the Shetland Islands) is derived from Thule.
		This is because the first inhabitants believed that the island was the mythical Thule.
	www.pantheon.org /mythica/articles/t/thule.html (74 words)

	Polar-Travel.com Summer-expedition to the Polar Eskimo
		We'll see narwhales, shall visit the breeding islands of eider-ducks, geese and swallows, we'll observe seals and shall catch salmon, which we'll be going to smoke ourselves.
		Located on an island (Keqertat means "island") we'll undertake a hike across the island during a full-day's-tour and shall be rewarded for it with another great panorama towards the inland-ice and wide glaciers flowing downward to the sea.
		We'll be visiting a small bird's island and again shall take pictures of immens ice-giants, which are driven by the tides and the wind, sailing like huge vessels.
	www.polar-travel.com /html/cont_more_thule_sommer_en.htm (1032 words)

	69 Thulium
		To the ancient Greeks, Thule (also Tile or Ultima Thule) was the northernmost habitable region of the world.
		We do not know where Thule was, but probably it was (part of) the Norwegian coast, although Iceland, the Shetlands and Faeroer have also been identified as such by historians.
		Pytheas says that Thule was an agricultural country, and that it produced honey.
	www.vanderkrogt.net /elements/elem/tm.html (538 words)

	Thule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Thule is a name commonly associated with northern Europe and the Arctic, and can mean several things:
		Thule Island, a small island in the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		Thule, a fictional planet from the Star Wars universe
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Thule (88 words)

	Thule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Thule, a mysterious land to the north, first was reported by Pytheas, a Greek sailing from the colony of Massalia (Marseille) in the fourth century BC.
		The place never was discovered by other mariners, and, consequently, his account is referred to by later writers with considerable misgiving.
		By the first century BC, the word had become an expression for the furthest place on earth; Strabo, for instance, identifies the Shetland Islands as Thule.
	itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/britannia/miscellanea/thule.html (197 words)

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	Belle Ile - Thule Web
		Belle-ile-en-mer is one of the largest islands dotted along the coastline of Brittany.
		On the other side of the island you will find Aiguilles de Port Coton, named after the foam that flies up when the wild sea crashes against the majestic rock formations.
		The town has been even more charming since the islanders were encouraged to paint their facades and window shutters in beautiful colours at the end of the 1970s.
	www.thule.com /Thule/Page____2524.aspx (437 words)

	Shetland Islands -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The northernmost of the British Isles, the Shetland Islands are a unitary district of Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
		The islands are located in the North Atlantic Ocean about 130 miles (210 kilometers) northeast of the Scottish mainland and 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Norway.
		The Romans once named the islands Ultima Thule, meaning “the farthest land,” or end of the world.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277032?tocId=9277032 (73 words)

	Shetland Islands — Infoplease.com
		The surface of the islands is generally low and rocky, with few trees and spare soil.
		The Shetlands were not annexed to Scotland until 1472, when the islands were taken over as an unredeemed pledge of King Christian I of Norway and Denmark for the dowry of his daughter, Margaret, who married James III of Scotland.
		Thule, ancient name for extreme N Europe - Thule Thule, name given by the ancients to the most northerly land of Europe.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0844892.html (458 words)

	Amazon.com: The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule: Books: Joanna Kavenna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		To the ancients, Thule was a land beyond the edge of the maps, a northerly dreamland.
		The Thule Society was one of many esoteric/political organizations that flourished in Europe, and one of the handful that served as an early focus and gathering place for what was to become the Nazi party.
		Thule lies far to the north, on the edge of the Arctic ice, where the sun never set during midsummer.
	www.amazon.com /Ice-Museum-Search-Lost-Thule/dp/0670034738 (2629 words)

	Alaska Early History: First Inhabitants
		The Athabascans were nomadic, traveling long distances in harsh conditions to hunt herds of caribou and moose, fish the rivers for plentiful salmon, and take advantage of Alaska’s seasonal berries and plants.
		Further north, the Inupiaks and Yupiks of St. Lawrence Island lived along the northern coast, hunting for seals and whales and surviving arctic winters on the frozen tundra.
		The European exploration of Alaska began with the 1741 voyages of Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikoff to the Aleutian Islands, the coasts of the Gulf of Alaska, and southeastern Alaska.
	www.e-referencedesk.com /resources/state-early-history/alaska.html (921 words)

	→ Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) current time
		The public relations officer at Thule Air Force Base told timegenie.com that Thule observes daylight saving time and is in the Atlantic Time zone.
		Thule is located in the Atlantic Time zone so the air force base can use the same time as other air force bases and command centers located on the east coast of the USA.
		Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland.
	www.timegenie.com /country.time/gl (1048 words)

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