Extreme Environments and the Production of Scientific Knowledge: The History of Science in Antarctica

• Main Author: McCahey, Daniella
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2018
• Subjects: History; Science history; World history; Antarctica; Falkland Islands Dependencies; International Geophysical Year; Polar History; Ross Dependency; Science and Technology Studies; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; New Zealand; Weddell; Scott Base; Christchurch; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/39t93786

Situating Antarctica within the greater context of the global history of science is at the core of my dissertation. Drawing from archives in New Zealand (Christchurch and Wellington) and the United Kingdom (London and Cambridge), my dissertation examines the history of modern Antarctic science in th...