Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration by Huw Lewis-Jones

Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration

Tauris Historical Geographical

Huw Lewis-Jones

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Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages....

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