Underland

By Robert Macfarlane

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Publish Date: 2019 Awards: 2020 Stanford Dolman Travel Book Of The Year; 2020 American Library Association Notable Book; 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature; 2019 Wainwright Prize

Exploring the depths of the Earth, in this sequel to The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (2012) Robert Macfarlane takes the reader on a journey through Greenland’s glaciers, Arctic sea-caves, and Bronze Age burial chambers to reveal a hidden underground network which connects us to our past, present, and future.

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