Explorations in the Icy North : How Travel Narratives Shaped Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century / Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders, author.

Series:

Sci and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Science and culture in the nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.

Arctic regions.

Arctic regions--Environmental conditions.

Arctic regions--Description and travel.

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884).

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Science in the Arctic changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century, when early, scattered attempts in the region to gather knowledge about all aspects of the natural world transitioned to a more unified Arctic science under the First International Polar Year in 1882. The IPY brought together researchers from multiple countries with the aim of undertaking systematic and coordinated experiments and observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. Harsh conditions, intense isolation, and acute danger inevitably impacted the making and communicating of scientific knowledge. At the same time, changes in ideas about what it meant to be an authoritative observer of natural phenomena were linked to tensions in imperial ambitions, national identities, and international collaborations of the IPY. Through a focused study of travel narratives in the British, Danish, Canadian, and American contexts, Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund uncovers not only the transnational nature of Arctic exploration, but also how the publication and reception of literature about it shaped an extreme environment, its explorers, and their scientific practices. She reveals how, far beyond the metropole-in the vast area we understand today as the North American and Greenlandic Arctic-explorations and the narratives that followed ultimately influenced the production of field science in the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

New beginnings in the Arctic

Financial opportunities in the Arctic

The lost Franklin expedition and new opportunities for Arctic

From science in the Arctic to Arctic science.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822946595

0822946599

OCLC:

1247726435