The sounds of silence: music in the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration

• Published in: The Polar Journal
• Main Author: Philpott, CJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge Taylor & Francis Ltd 2013
• Subjects: Studies in Creative Arts and Writing; Performing Arts and Creative Writing; Musicology and Ethnomusicology; Antarctic; Doorly; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Polar Journal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2013.846976; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/88966

The leaders of the Antarctic expeditions of the Heroic Age (c.18971922)commonly encouraged their men to engage in cultural activities in order to keepthem occupied, alleviate boredom, strengthen the sense of camaraderie and wardoff symptoms of depression. While the importance of literary activities...