“Now Chrissie has got 𝘳𝘢𝘳,” says Karl, shaking his head. “𝘐𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. You must be reasonable.” Rar is a strangeness that overcomes many who spend the winter in polar regions. Ishavet kaller, or “the Arctic calls”, is what the Spitsbergen hunters say when one of their comrades, for mysterious reasons, throws himself into the sea.

— A woman in the polar night by Christiane Ritter, Jane Degras, Rebecca Gallagher (Narrator)