| Verfasst von: | Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders [VerfasserIn]  |
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| Titel: | Explorations in the icy North |
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| Titelzusatz: | how travel narratives shaped Arctic science in the nineteenth century |
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| Verf.angabe: | Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund |
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| Verlagsort: | Pittsburgh, Pa |
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| Verlag: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
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| E-Jahr: | 2021 |
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| Jahr: | [2021] |
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| Umfang: | x, 230 Seiten |
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| Illustrationen: | Illustrationen, Karten |
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| Gesamttitel/Reihe: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century |
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| Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-8229-4659-5 |
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| | 978-0-8229-8805-2 |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| | "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"-- |
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| URL: | Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/ub-kiel/174855199X.pdf |
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| Schlagwörter: | (g)Arktis / (s)Forschungsreise / (s)Reisebericht / (z)Geschichte 1800-1900 |
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| | (g)Grönland / (s)Expedition / (z)Geschichte 1800-1900 |
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| | (g)Arktis / (s)Expedition / (z)Geschichte 1800-1900 |
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| | (g)Arktis / (s)Reisebericht / (s)Rezeption / (z)Geschichte 1800-1900 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders: Explorations in the icy north. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 230 Seiten) |
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| | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders: Explorations in the Icy North. - Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm) |
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| RVK-Notation: | RY 30075 |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 174855199X |
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Explorations in the icy North / Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders [VerfasserIn]; [2021]