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Imagining the Arctic : heroism, spectacle and polar exploration
The image of exploration in the nineteenth century was laden with multiple meanings, and sustained by a rapidly expanding visual culture. In theatres, in art, in verse and song, the achievements of explorers were performed before the public, circulated, promoted, celebrated, and manipulated, whilst explorers themselves became, willingly or otherwise, the subjects of huge attention. Exploration was theatre, a spectacular peacetime engagement, and its representation a series of performances: the idea of whether an expedition was successful or not, depended as much upon what was imagined to have happened as to what actually occurred. Huw Lewis-Jones engaging work explores the making of such polar heroes. It describes how and why a cult of polar exploration was constructed and developed in the nineteenth century, examining the diverse ways that heroes were imagined. It's also a story of how the boundaries of the known world were pushed back as blanks were filled on the charts of the north.
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Captain Cook Rediscovered
This first modern study to focus on James Cook's polar adventures, Captain Cook Rediscovered introduces an entirely new explorer who is more at home along the edge of the polar ice packs than the Pacific's sandy beaches.
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May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged
glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors
who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror
for Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition to the Arctic. The
letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the
journey's inception and early planning, going on to recount the
ships' departure from the river Thames, their progress up the
eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the
crew's exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western
coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the
society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that
something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent
with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell
poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively
from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and
private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer
over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and
anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin
expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide.
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights
into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the
voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility
that they would never return to British shores or their
families.
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Ice : chilling stories from a disappearing world
\"From the mighty mammoths and deserts of ice to early explorers and polar survival, come face to face with one of Earth's greatest resources: ice\"--Provided by publisher.
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Brand Antarctica
Antarctica is, and has always been, very much \"for sale.\" Whales,
seals, and ice have all been marketed as valuable commodities, but
so have the stories of explorers. The modern media industry
developed in parallel with land-based Antarctic exploration, and
early expedition leaders needed publicity to generate support for
their endeavors. Their lectures, narratives, photographs, and films
were essentially advertisements for their adventures. At the same
time, popular media began to use the newly encountered continent to
draw attention to commercial products. These advertisements both
trace the commercialization of Antarctica and reveal how commercial
settings have shaped the dominant imaginaries of the place. By
contextualizing and analyzing Antarctic advertisements from the
late nineteenth century to the present, Brand Antarctica
identifies five key framings of the South Polar continent: a place
for heroes, a place of extremity, a place of purity, a place to
protect, and a place that transforms. Demonstrating how these
conceptual framings of Antarctica in turn circulate through our
culture, Hanne Elliot Fønss Nielsen challenges common assumptions
about Antarctica's past and present, encouraging readers to rethink
their own relationship with the Far South.
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The ice balloon : S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of Arctic exploration
Documents the dramatic 1897 flight of a visionary Swedish explorer who attempted to discover the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, describing the formidable environmental conditions that challenged his efforts.
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North by 2020
Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum
of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary
volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology
and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on the most
important linked social-ecological systems, including fresh water,
marine resources, and oil and gas development, this volume explores
opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of
perspectives, among them social sciences, natural and applied
sciences, and the arts. Individual chapters highlight expressions
of climate change in dance, music, and film, as well as from an
indigenous knowledge-based perspective.
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A Fabulous Kingdom
Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries—pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. The book charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would eventually throw light on this “magical realm” of sunless winters. The book follows the explorers from the early journeys of Viking Ottar to the daring exploits of Martin Frobisher, Henry Hudson, Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, and Richard Bird. This second edition features a section entitled “The New Arctic” that illuminates current scientific and environmental issues that threaten the region. The chapters discuss such topics as the science behind the melting of the polar ice; the endangered species that now depend on the ice, including polar bears, narwhals, walruses, and ringed seals; commerce in mining and natural resources, especially petroleum and natural gas; and predictions for the economic and environmental future of the region.
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