About the book: 1961 / This is a story about the polar Eskimos of northwestern Greenland. There are few books in world literature that would describe with such warmth and sympathy the life of the Greenlanders - a small but courageous and resilient people. The author of the book, the famous Danish writer and traveler Peter Freuchen, lived for many years among the Eskimos, became close to them, shared with them sorrows and joys. That is why, from the pages of the book, the images of its heroes emerge as if alive - brave, resourceful, good-natured, fair and selfless. But the author does not only talk about the life of the Eskimos here. The basis of the book's plot is the story of the rescue of five sailors of a Scottish whaling ship, full of adventures, struggles with the elements, and dramatic situations. Beautifully written short stories are organically woven into the fabric of the narrative, stunning in their truthfulness and subtle psychologism. They tell about the eventful life of the Eskimos, European whalers and fishermen. The beautiful pictures of the nature of the northernmost country on Earth, almost entirely encased in an ice shell, are memorable in their own way. “The St. John’s Worts of Melville Bay” is a hymn to the courageous Greenlandic people living in the harsh conditions of the Arctic and always ready to help those in trouble.