Explorations in the Icy North - How Travel Narratives Shaped Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century

Reconsidering the Distinction between Scientific Discovery and Travel Writing in International Arctic Explorations

About the author

Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund is a postdoctoral research associate in the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, working as part of the Arctic Cultures project. Her research centers on the intersection of Arctic exploration, print culture, science, religion, and medicine in the modern period with a focus on the British and Danish imperial worlds. Kaalund is also a postdoctoral associate at Darwin College.

Product details

• Authors: Nanna Katrine Luders Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders Kaalund
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780822946595
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4659-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries