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Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 / / Garth Walpole ; edited by Russell Potter
Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 / / Garth Walpole ; edited by Russell Potter
Autore Walpole Garth
Pubbl/distr/stampa Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 917.1904/1
ISBN 1-4766-2712-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910162814703321
Walpole Garth  
Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, , [2017]
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The spectral Arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration / / Shane McCorristine
The spectral Arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration / / Shane McCorristine
Autore McCorristine Shane
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : UCL Press, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 265 pages)
Disciplina 919.8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction Arctic dreams -- 1 -- Otherworldly quests for a Northwest Passage -- 19 -- Shamanism reveries wandering -- 52 -- 3 Mesmerism clairvoyance and the search for the lost Franklin expedition -- 79 -- The Franklin mystery renewed -- 139 -- Women in Arctic discourses -- 170 -- 6 The spectral place of the Franklin expedition in contemporary culture -- 201 -- Afterword The discoveries of the Erebus and Terror -- 227 -- Notes -- 234 -- Bibliography -- 241 -- Index -- 261 -- BackCover -- 267 -- Copyright.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910682515803321
McCorristine Shane  
London : , : UCL Press, , 2018
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Spectral Arctic : A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration / / Shane McCorristine
Spectral Arctic : A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration / / Shane McCorristine
Autore McCorristine Shane <1983->
Pubbl/distr/stampa University College London, 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (326)
Soggetto topico Shamanism
Discoveries in geography
Apparitions
Shamanism - Arctic regions
Apparitions - Arctic regions
Soggetto non controllato Social & cultural history
ISBN 1-78735-245-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910272351303321
McCorristine Shane <1983->  
University College London, 2018
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Unfreezing the Arctic : Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands / / Andrew Stuhl
Unfreezing the Arctic : Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands / / Andrew Stuhl
Autore Stuhl Andrew
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 971.9
Soggetto topico Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration
Scientific expeditions - Canada, Northern
Alaska
Inuit
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory
arctic
climate change
colonialism
environmental history
history of science
SCIENCE / General
Soggetto non controllato Alaska
Inuit
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory
arctic
climate change
colonialism
environmental history
history of science
ISBN 0-226-41678-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Is the Arctic out of Time? -- Chapter One. Dangerous: In the Twilight of Empires -- Chapter Two. Threatened: The Ambitions and Anxieties of Expeditions -- Chapter Three. Wild: Taming the Tundra -- Chapter Four. Strategic: Defense and Development in Permafrost Territory -- Chapter Five. Disturbed: The Impacts of a Postcolonial Moment -- Epilogue: Unfrozen in Time -- Acknowledgments -- Archival Collections -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910136121903321
Stuhl Andrew  
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016]
Materiale a stampa
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