Chapter ID: CBB000078301

Science and writing: Two national narratives of failure (1998)

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Description “In this essay, the failed British expedition to the South Pole in 1911 provides a case study of how representations of masculinity, technology, science, and empire are co-articulated. I compare Captain Robert Falcon Scott's narrative with the writings of American arctic explorers such as Captain Robert Peary and Vilhjalmur Stefansson to examine how different national fantasies of masculinity and science contributed to the formation of distinct imperial ideologies.”


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Authors & Contributors
Warrior, Claire
Webb, P.-N.
Sörlin, Sverker
Solomon, Susan Gross
Robinson, Michael
Moore, D. T.
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Polar Record
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Museum History Journal
Publishers
Yale University Press
Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Oxford University Press
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Ashgate Publishing
Angus & Robertson
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Scientific expeditions
Science and culture
Museums
Science and politics
Earth sciences
People
Scott, Robert Falcon
Shackleton, Ernest Henry
Peary, Robert Edwin
Barker, Elsa (1869-1954)
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Nansen, Fridtjof
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
17th century
Places
Polar regions
Arctic regions
Antarctica
Norway
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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