The European Antarctic

The European Antarctic
Author: P. Roberts
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2011-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230337902


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This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic activity as a window into the political and cultural worlds of twentieth-century Britain and Scandinavia.


The European Antarctic
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: P. Roberts
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-19 - Publisher: Springer

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This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarcti
The European Antarctic
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: P. Roberts
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-25 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarcti
The European Antarctic
Language: en
Pages: 447
Authors: P. Roberts
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-19 - Publisher: Springer

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This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarcti
The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 167
Authors: Klaus Dodds
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-26 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size wi
Class and Colonialism in Antarctic Exploration, 1750–1920
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Ben Maddison
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-06 - Publisher: Routledge

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Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Madd