Between exploration and tourism : Carl Irminger's Iceland travel diary 1826
In the spring of 1826, the young Danish naval officer Carl Irminger and two of his friends sailed with a cargo ship from Copenhagen to Iceland to stay there during the summer. This article is based on Irminger's unpublished travel diary. Irminger and his friends blended in with the local elite,...
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ftunivmalmoe:oai:DiVA.org:mau-40134 2023-11-12T04:18:57+01:00 Between exploration and tourism : Carl Irminger's Iceland travel diary 1826 Lisberg Jensen, Ebba Lisberg Jensen, Ole 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-40134 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247420000467 eng eng Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US) Independent Researcher Polar Record, 0032-2474, 2021, 57, orcid:0000-0003-2462-1162 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-40134 doi:10.1017/S0032247420000467 ISI:000606804600001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85099354542 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Travel diary Iceland Carl Irminger Exploration writing Romanticism History Historia Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftunivmalmoe https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247420000467 2023-10-18T22:31:15Z In the spring of 1826, the young Danish naval officer Carl Irminger and two of his friends sailed with a cargo ship from Copenhagen to Iceland to stay there during the summer. This article is based on Irminger's unpublished travel diary. Irminger and his friends blended in with the local elite, which provided them with equipment and contacts to travel. Their journeys out from Reykjavik were adventurous and depended on local guides and the hospitality of residents along the way. The tales of hardships during the travels, combined with contacts established during the trip, became important credentials in Irminger's future career. He was hired as an adjutant to the Danish prince, and the narrative of his summer in Iceland ignited a royal expedition there in 1834, of which Irminger was to be the trip leader. Irminger's diary reflects a broader shift from Enlightenment exploration reporting into Romantic travel writing, with more emotional and aesthetic emphasis. His journey was a forerunner of the nature tourism that eventually was to sprout in Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Polar Record Malmö University Publications Polar Record 57 |
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In the spring of 1826, the young Danish naval officer Carl Irminger and two of his friends sailed with a cargo ship from Copenhagen to Iceland to stay there during the summer. This article is based on Irminger's unpublished travel diary. Irminger and his friends blended in with the local elite, which provided them with equipment and contacts to travel. Their journeys out from Reykjavik were adventurous and depended on local guides and the hospitality of residents along the way. The tales of hardships during the travels, combined with contacts established during the trip, became important credentials in Irminger's future career. He was hired as an adjutant to the Danish prince, and the narrative of his summer in Iceland ignited a royal expedition there in 1834, of which Irminger was to be the trip leader. Irminger's diary reflects a broader shift from Enlightenment exploration reporting into Romantic travel writing, with more emotional and aesthetic emphasis. His journey was a forerunner of the nature tourism that eventually was to sprout in Iceland. |
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