The European Antarctic [electronic resource] : Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire /
Roberts, P.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Science, Commerce, and the State; 2 Imperial Science in the Antarctic; 3 The Union of Hunting and Research; 4 Ivory Towers and Icy Frontiers; 5 The (Re)invention of a Swedish Tradition; 6 A Successful Failure; 7 The Cold War Comes to the Coldest Continent; Epilogue: A Continent for Performing Science; Notes; References and Works Consulted; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography: p. 235-254 and index.
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.
Great Britain—History.
History.
Imperialism.
World history.
Civilization—History.
Europe—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Science.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Cultural History.
European History.