Article ID: CBB735367573

American Cows in Antarctica: Richard Byrd's polar dairy as symbolic settler colonialism (2017)

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Few people are aware that dairy cows form part of Antarctic exploration history. Richard Byrd's second expedition of 1933–35 took with it three Guernseys, ostensibly to provide milk for the men. We outline the cows' Antarctica experience, discussing the way in which their celebrity benefited the expedition and its sponsors. Contextualizing the episode within the cultural history of milk in the US, we suggest some lenses through which the Guernseys can be read. These cows, we argue, enabled Byrd to enact a form of symbolic settler colonialism on the Antarctic continent.

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Authors & Contributors
Larson, Edward John
Ranulph Fiennes
Specht, Joshua Albert
Rodney S. Tucker
Tahan, Mary R.
Birkenmajer, Krzysztof Ludwik
Concepts
Scientific expeditions
Travel; exploration
Settler colonialism
Cattle
Research
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Modern
21st century
18th century
Places
Antarctica
Australia
Polar regions
Great Britain
Northwest Passage
Arctic regions
Institutions
British Schools Exploring Society
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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