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2021 • ‘Ancient lore with modern appliances’: networks, expertise, and the making of the Open Polar Sea, 1851–1853

Authors: Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders; Woitkowitz, John

Venue: The British Journal for the History of Science

Type: Publication

Abstract: AbstractThis article provides a transnational analysis of the campaigns for the organization of expeditions to the central Arctic region by the American explorer Elisha Kent Kane and the Prussian cartographer August Petermann between 1851 and 1853. By adopting a comparative approach, this study focuses on three interventions in the history of Arctic science and exploration: the construction of scientific expertise surrounding the relationship between the ‘armchair’ and the field, the role of transnational networks, and the significance of m... (read more)

Topics: Environmental ethics

DOI: 10.1017/s0007087421000522

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