The Spectral Arctic: A History of Ghosts and Dreams in Polar Exploration
Shane McCorristine, "The Spectral Arctic: A History of Ghosts and Dreams in Polar Exploration"
English | ISBN: 1787352471 | 2018 | 326 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
English | ISBN: 1787352471 | 2018 | 326 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
The Arctic was long imagined as an otherworldly place, thousands of miles from the warmth and familiarity of home, and nineteenth-century Britons were fascinated by the notion of the heroic explorer voyaging through harsh terrain in pursuit of the Northwest Passage. But the mapping of this vast uncharted territory was only part of the fascination with the Arctic; Explorers and those who eagerly followed their perilous progress were also fascinated by the unknown, by the dreams and ghosts that might materialize there.
The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg, argues Shane McCorristine, and there are a great many more mysterious stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster,