Review of Scott’s last biscuit: the literature of polar exploration, by Sarah Moss
Fifty years ago, George Bass revolutionized maritime archaeology with the observation that it was far simpler to train an archaeologist to be a scuba diver than it was to turn a scuba diver into an underwater archaeologist. One is tempted to make a similar observation about literary theorists writin...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2028 2024-01-07T09:46:09+01:00 Review of Scott’s last biscuit: the literature of polar exploration, by Sarah Moss Capelotti, P. J. 2007-09-01 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2028 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6214 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2028/5279 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2028 doi:10.3402/polar.v26i2.6214 Polar Research; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2007); 205-206 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2007 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v26i2.6214 2023-12-13T23:53:40Z Fifty years ago, George Bass revolutionized maritime archaeology with the observation that it was far simpler to train an archaeologist to be a scuba diver than it was to turn a scuba diver into an underwater archaeologist. One is tempted to make a similar observation about literary theorists writing polar history while reading this interesting volume. It is not that scuba divers cannot perform underwater archaeology; it is just that one set of skills cannot be learned nearly as quickly as the other. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Research Polar Research (E-Journal) Polar Research 26 2 |
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Fifty years ago, George Bass revolutionized maritime archaeology with the observation that it was far simpler to train an archaeologist to be a scuba diver than it was to turn a scuba diver into an underwater archaeologist. One is tempted to make a similar observation about literary theorists writing polar history while reading this interesting volume. It is not that scuba divers cannot perform underwater archaeology; it is just that one set of skills cannot be learned nearly as quickly as the other. |
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