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The News at the Ends of the Earth : The Print Culture of Polar Exploration /

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From Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage to early twentieth-century sprints to the South Pole, polar expeditions produced an extravagant archive of documents that are as varied as they are engaging. As the polar ice sheets melt, fragments of this archive are newly e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blum, Hester (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Psychological aspects.
Explorers > Polar regions > Diaries.
Human ecology > Psychological aspects.
Survival > Psychological aspects.
Climat > Changements > Aspect psychologique.
Explorateurs > Régions polaires > Journaux intimes.
Habiletés de survie > Aspect psychologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • PREFACE: BOOKS ON ICE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: POLAR ECOMEDIA
  • ONE. EXTREME PRINTING
  • TWO. ARCTIC NEWS
  • THREE. ANTARCTIC IMPRINTS
  • FOUR. DEAD LETTER RECKONING
  • FIVE. INUIT KNOWLEDGE AND CHARLES FRANCIS HALL
  • CONCLUSION. MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX