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Antarctic Destinies - Stephanie Barczewski

Antarctic Destinies

Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism
Buch | Softcover
412 Seiten
2009
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-4562-9 (ISBN)
CHF 48,85 inkl. MwSt
Covers the two famous expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16. This book explores the evolution of their reputations and finds it has little to do with various discoveries regarding their lives and characters.
Presenting a study of the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton as well as their most heroic expeditions, the author looks in detail at just how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century. This book covers the two most famous expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16. For decades after his tragic death on the return journey from the South Pole, to which he had been beaten by five weeks by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott was regarded as a saint-like figure with an unassailable reputation born from his heroic martyrdom in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic.In recent years, however, Scott has attracted some of the most intense criticism any explorer has ever received. Shackleton's reputation, meanwhile, has followed a reverse trajectory. Although his achievements were always appreciated, they were never celebrated with nearly the same degree of adulation that traditionally surrounded Scott.
Today, Scott and Shackleton occupy very different places in the polar pantheon of British heroes. Stephanie Barczewski explores the evolution of their reputations and finds it has little to do with new discoveries regarding their lives and characters, but far more to do with broader cultural changes and changes in conceptions of heroism in Britain and the United States.

A specialist in modern British cultural history, Stephanie Barczewski is Professor of History at Clemson University in South Carolina, where she has taught since 1996. In 2005 she became Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities at Clemson. She is the author of numerous books, most recently Titanic: A Night Remembered.

Introduction; The Early Years of Antarctic Exploration; The Discovery and Nimrod Expeditions; Terra Nova; Endurance; Scott, Shackleton and the Great War; Scott and Shackleton in the Mid-20th Century; The Decline of Scott and the Rise of Shackleton in the Late 20th Century; Epilogue: Scott's Revival.

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Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 636 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Allgemeines / Lexika
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Schlagworte Antarktis, Geschichte; Entdeckung/Eroberung • Expedition • Scott, Robert F. • Shackleton, Ernest
ISBN-10 0-8264-4562-4 / 0826445624
ISBN-13 978-0-8264-4562-9 / 9780826445629
Zustand Neuware
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