Depths and Surfaces: Understanding the Antarctic Region through the Humanities and Social Sciences

• Published in: The Polar Journal
• Main Authors: Nielsen, H, Philpott, C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2018
• Subjects: Studies in Human Society; Other Studies in Human Society; Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; Heg; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; The Polar Journal
• Online Access: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2018.1468624; https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2018.1468624; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125240

This special issue of The Polar Journal showcases six papers from the Depths and Surfaces Antarctic humanities and social sciences conference, held in Hobart from 5 -7 July 2017. The introduction argues that while the physical continent of Antarctica is beyond the reach of most, the images and narra...