Eismitte in the scientific imagination : knowledge and politics at the center of Greenland / Janet Martin-Nielsen.

Author/Creator:

Martin-Nielsen, Janet, 1982-

Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology

Format/Description:

Book
213 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Scientific expeditions -- Greenland -- History.
Research -- Greenland -- History.
Ice sheets -- Greenland -- History.
Greenland -- History.
Greenland -- Geography.
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration.
Scientific expeditions -- Political aspects -- Denmark -- History.
Scientific expeditions -- Political aspects -- France -- History.
Scientific expeditions -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Geopolitics -- History.

Contents:

Introduction: The edge of the world, the end of the world
A land apart
Taming the ice sheet
The longest trek
It has completely changed
Epilogue: A conspicuous absence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1137380799
9781137380791 (alkaline paper)

OCLC:

852488524

Publisher Number:

99957245451

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