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Author McCorristine, Shane, 1983- author.

Title The spectral Arctic : a history of ghosts and dreams in polar exploration / Shane McCorristine.

Publication Info. London : UCL Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Arctic dreams -- Spectral geographies of the Arctic : shamanism, reveries, wandering -- Mesmerism, clairvoyance and the search for the lost Franklin expedition -- Spiritual routes and revelations : the Franklin mystery renewed -- Polar queens, ghosts and mummies : women in Arctic discourses -- The spectral place of the Franklin expedition in contemporary culture -- Afterword : the discoveries of the Erebus and terror.
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Summary 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, The Spectral Arctic reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who traveled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin's lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the Arctic in the past. This revisionist historical account also allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the long-lost Franklin Expedition and the recent rediscovery of the two ships.
Subject John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Northwest Passage.
Apparitions -- Arctic regions.
Shamanism -- Arctic regions.
Arctique -- Découverte et exploration.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du.
Apparitions -- Arctique.
Chamanisme -- Arctique.
Apparitions
Discoveries in geography
Shamanism
Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage
Arctic Regions
Other Form: Print version: MCCORRISTINE, SHANE. SPECTRAL ARCTIC. [Place of publication not identified] : UCL PRESS, 2018 1787352471 (OCoLC)1013584771
ISBN 9781787352452 (electronic bk.)
1787352455 (electronic bk.)
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1787352463
1787352471
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