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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Published in:Technology and Culture
Main Author: Oslund, Karen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2007
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2007.0124