04055nam 2200841z- 450 991083679650332120240308205201.01-78735-248-X(CKB)5680000000036159(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32403(EXLCZ)99568000000003615920202102d2018 |y eengurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Spectral ArcticA History of dreams and ghosts in polar explorationUCL Press2018London :UCL Press,[2018]©20181 electronic resource (326 p.)1-78735-247-1 9781787352450 Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.Spectral Arctic HistorybicsscSocial & cultural historybicsscOral historybicsscMaritime historybicsscFolklore, myths & legendsbicsscAnthropologybicsscSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographybicsscRegional & national historybicsscHistory of the AmericasbicsscHistory of other landsbicsscHistory: earliest times to present daybicsscEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700bicsscModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900bicssc20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000bicsscHistory: specific events & topicsbicsscarctic explorationspectral arcticdreamsghostsClairvoyanceFranklin's lost expeditionInuitJane FranklinHistorySocial & cultural historyOral historyMaritime historyFolklore, myths & legendsAnthropologySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographyRegional & national historyHistory of the AmericasHistory of other landsHistory: earliest times to present dayEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 190020th century history: c 1900 to c 2000History: specific events & topics001.94McCorristine Shaneauth1306316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910836796503321The Spectral Arctic3028376UNINA