The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual HistoryThe New York Public Library unveils 500 years of documentation of one of the earth's most inhospitable regions. For centuries, what lies above the Arctic Circle has been a source of intrigue for those who live below its border. Stories from ancient Greek and Norse mythology gave rise to lively conceptions of ice free waters and a fabled people who lived at the top of the world. Explorers sought to map the region as early as the 15th century, and there