Beyond Men and Machines: New Contributions to the History of Polar Exploration
This essay is a review of the recent literature on polar exploration, focusing closely on two books, S.A. Andrée: The Beginning of Polar Aviation, 1895–1897, by Günther Sollinger, and The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture, by Michael F. Robinson. While Robinson uses the publi...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/tech.2007.0124 2024-03-03T08:41:21+00:00 Beyond Men and Machines: New Contributions to the History of Polar Exploration Oslund, Karen 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2007.0124 en eng Project MUSE Technology and Culture volume 48, issue 3, page 594-597 ISSN 1097-3729 Engineering (miscellaneous) History journal-article 2007 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2007.0124 2024-02-03T23:20:38Z This essay is a review of the recent literature on polar exploration, focusing closely on two books, S.A. Andrée: The Beginning of Polar Aviation, 1895–1897, by Günther Sollinger, and The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture, by Michael F. Robinson. While Robinson uses the public perception of American Arctic explorations to illuminate developments in the political and cultural history of the United States, Sollinger focuses on a single Arctic explorer, the Swede Salomon August Andrée, who tried to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897. While the essay judges both books to be worthwhile contributions to the literature on polar exploration, it points out the fundamentally conservative approach of both studies, which reflects the field as a whole. Therefore, the essay concludes by calling for scholars of polar exploration to broaden their approach conceptually by engaging more actively with the literature in the history of travel and the history of technology. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Pole Johns Hopkins University Press Arctic North Pole Andrée ENVELOPE(-61.500,-61.500,-64.516,-64.516) Technology and Culture 48 3 594 597 |
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This essay is a review of the recent literature on polar exploration, focusing closely on two books, S.A. Andrée: The Beginning of Polar Aviation, 1895–1897, by Günther Sollinger, and The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture, by Michael F. Robinson. While Robinson uses the public perception of American Arctic explorations to illuminate developments in the political and cultural history of the United States, Sollinger focuses on a single Arctic explorer, the Swede Salomon August Andrée, who tried to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897. While the essay judges both books to be worthwhile contributions to the literature on polar exploration, it points out the fundamentally conservative approach of both studies, which reflects the field as a whole. Therefore, the essay concludes by calling for scholars of polar exploration to broaden their approach conceptually by engaging more actively with the literature in the history of travel and the history of technology. |
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