LEADER 04055nam 2200841z- 450 001 9910836796503321 005 20240308205201.0 010 $a1-78735-248-X 035 $a(CKB)5680000000036159 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32403 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000036159 100 $a20202102d2018 |y e 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThe Spectral Arctic$eA History of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration 210 $cUCL Press$d2018 210 1$aLondon :$cUCL Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 electronic resource (326 p.) 311 $a1-78735-247-1 311 $a9781787352450 330 $aVisitors 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. 517 $aSpectral Arctic 606 $aHistory$2bicssc 606 $aSocial & cultural history$2bicssc 606 $aOral history$2bicssc 606 $aMaritime history$2bicssc 606 $aFolklore, myths & legends$2bicssc 606 $aAnthropology$2bicssc 606 $aSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography$2bicssc 606 $aRegional & national history$2bicssc 606 $aHistory of the Americas$2bicssc 606 $aHistory of other lands$2bicssc 606 $aHistory: earliest times to present day$2bicssc 606 $aEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700$2bicssc 606 $aModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900$2bicssc 606 $a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000$2bicssc 606 $aHistory: specific events & topics$2bicssc 610 $aarctic exploration 610 $aspectral arctic 610 $adreams 610 $aghosts 610 $aClairvoyance 610 $aFranklin's lost expedition 610 $aInuit 610 $aJane Franklin 615 7$aHistory 615 7$aSocial & cultural history 615 7$aOral history 615 7$aMaritime history 615 7$aFolklore, myths & legends 615 7$aAnthropology 615 7$aSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography 615 7$aRegional & national history 615 7$aHistory of the Americas 615 7$aHistory of other lands 615 7$aHistory: earliest times to present day 615 7$aEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 615 7$aModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 615 7$a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 615 7$aHistory: specific events & topics 676 $a001.94 700 $aMcCorristine$b Shane$4auth$01306316 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910836796503321 996 $aThe Spectral Arctic$93028376 997 $aUNINA