Cold colonies: Antarctic spatialities at Mawson and McMurdo stations

• Published in: cultural geographies
• Main Authors: Collis, Christy, Stevens, Quentin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; Colonialism; Spatiality; Antarctic; Base McMurdo; Horseshoe Harbor; Mawson Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q75q5/cold-colonies-antarctic-spatialities-at-mawson-and-mcmurdo-stations; https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474007075356

In 1954, a small team of Australian men landed at Horseshoe Harbor and began constructing Mawson Station: the permanent colonization of Antarctica was initiated. Two years later, Americans began the construction of their major Antarctic base, McMurdo. Although Antarctica is routinely represented as...