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Nick Hunt

Nick Hunt is the author of two books about walking in Europe: Where the Wild Winds Are and Walking the Woods and the Water, as well as The Parakeeting of London, a work of gonzo ornithology. He also works as an editor for the Dark Mountain Project. He is currently finishing a third travel book, to be published in 2021.
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flakkari

“Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” From Nancy Campbell’s “The Library of Ice”.

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