The Arctic Playground of Europe: Sir Martin Conway’s Svalbard

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Anka Ryall
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Svalbard; the Arctic; tourism and travel writing; landscape aesthetics; Sir William Martin Conway; John Ruskin; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Arctic; Conway; Main Island; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3424; https://doaj.org/article/bc7b1b04a86d4567ab4d0f0572a452a5

The development of tourism is a significant aspect of the processes of modernity in the High Arctic. This article discusses the British art historian and mountaineer Sir William Martin Conway's two travelogues, The First Crossing of Spitsbergen (1897) and With Ski and Sledge over Arctic Glacier...