How the Arctic Became White: Victorian Explorers and the Erasure of Botany in the Canadian Arctic

For many of us “southerners,” we may imagine the Arctic landscape as a desolate frozen landscape. At the historic roots of this perception is the visual culture of Arctic exploration throughout a long nineteenth century which represented the Canadian Arctic as devoid of its diverse flora. Many explo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gismondi, Chris
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Environment & Society Portal, Rachel Carson Center 2019
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Online Access:https://arcadia.ub.uni-muenchen.de/arcadia/article/view/205