As sun was setting on our first day in Rome and we were returning to our hotel, we decided to climb more stairs to see the magnificent view of the Vatican City. We were not disappointed. The city seemed to glow in the warm light. A good memory to cherish. In contrast, I have been listening to "In the Kingdom of Ice" by Hampton Sides (2014), the true account of the grand and terrible polar voyage of the USS Jeannette which took place in the late nineteenth century to venture deep into unchartered water north of the Bering Straight.
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