The Adelie Blizzard : the Australasian Antarctic Expedition's neglected newspaper
To prevent boredom and restlessness during early Arctic and Antarctic over-wintering expeditions, leaders often encouraged 'cultural' activities, one of the most successful of which was the production of newspapers. Expedition members contributed poetry, short fiction, and literary critici...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:37891 2023-05-15T14:03:55+02:00 The Adelie Blizzard : the Australasian Antarctic Expedition's neglected newspaper Leane, E 2005 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003973 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/37891 en eng Cambridge University Press http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003973 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0449938 Leane, E, The Adelie Blizzard : the Australasian Antarctic Expedition's neglected newspaper, Polar Record, 41, (216) pp. 11-20. ISSN 0032-2474 (2005) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/37891 Language Communication and Culture Literary Studies Literary Studies not elsewhere classified Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2005 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003973 2019-12-13T21:15:48Z To prevent boredom and restlessness during early Arctic and Antarctic over-wintering expeditions, leaders often encouraged 'cultural' activities, one of the most successful of which was the production of newspapers. Expedition members contributed poetry, short fiction, and literary criticism as well as scientific articles and accounts of their daily activities. These newspapers provide an important insight into the experiences and attitudes of the men who took part in the expeditions. In some cases, the newspaper would be published on the expedition's return, as a means of publicity, fund-raising, and memorialisation. The most famous example is the South Polar Times, the newspaper produced by Robert Falcon Scott's two expeditions. Other polar newspapers remain unpublished and unexamined. This article focuses on the Adelie Blizzard, the newspaper of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Douglas Mawson. Despite Mawson's efforts, the Adelie Blizzard was never published, and is rarely discussed in any detail in accounts of the expedition. The aim of this article is to address this neglect, by examining the genesis, production and attempted publication of the Adelie Blizzard. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Polar Record eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Arctic Polar Record 41 1 11 20 |
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To prevent boredom and restlessness during early Arctic and Antarctic over-wintering expeditions, leaders often encouraged 'cultural' activities, one of the most successful of which was the production of newspapers. Expedition members contributed poetry, short fiction, and literary criticism as well as scientific articles and accounts of their daily activities. These newspapers provide an important insight into the experiences and attitudes of the men who took part in the expeditions. In some cases, the newspaper would be published on the expedition's return, as a means of publicity, fund-raising, and memorialisation. The most famous example is the South Polar Times, the newspaper produced by Robert Falcon Scott's two expeditions. Other polar newspapers remain unpublished and unexamined. This article focuses on the Adelie Blizzard, the newspaper of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Douglas Mawson. Despite Mawson's efforts, the Adelie Blizzard was never published, and is rarely discussed in any detail in accounts of the expedition. The aim of this article is to address this neglect, by examining the genesis, production and attempted publication of the Adelie Blizzard. |
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