For Sebottendorf, steeped in the myths of the Norse sagas, Thule was the ancient Aryan homeland (and probably Iceland).

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Something was needed to break the humdrum of months of days with only two to three hours of sunlight and nothing to do but read really long sagas on Norse mythology while munching on salted seal flippers.

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