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The King's Mirror [Konung's Skuggsjá] and northern research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Ian Whitaker
Ian Whitaker
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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The old Norwegian text known as Konungs skuggsjá (The King's Mirror), hereafter abbreviated KS, is I believe the most significant early European vernacular document for northern research. This opinion was explicitly stated by Nansen, (1911, 2: 242):

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Polar Record , Volume 22 , Issue 141 , September 1985 , pp. 615 - 627
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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