Jules Verne and the conquest of the polar regions

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Riffenburgh, Beau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Jules; Verne; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400012638; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400012638

Abstract Like many of his contemporaries, the popular novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905) was deeply influenced by the geographical explorations of the mid 19th century. Of more than 60 novels published from 1855 onward in his series Les voyages extraordinaires , which involved tales of adventure, travel, geographical discovery or scientific or technological innovation, 11 included scenes or themes of polar travel. Verne clearly relied for his material and inspiration on current or recently-published polar expedition narratives of the Victorian era.