Cold colonies: Antarctic spatialities at Mawson and McMurdo stations

• Published in: cultural geographies
• Main Authors: Collis, Christy, Stevens, Quentin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Endeavour; Mawson Station; Base McMurdo; Horseshoe Harbor; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474474007075356; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1474474007075356

In 1954, a small team of Australian men landed at Horseshoe Harbor and began constructing Mawson Station: the permanent colonization of Antarctica was initiated. Two years later, Americans began the construction of their major Antarctic base, McMurdo. Although Antarctica is routinely represented as...