The European Antarctic: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire

by Peder Roberts

Book Overview

Science, Commerce, and the State Imperial Science in the Antarctic The Union of Hunting and Research Ivory Towers and Icy Frontiers The (Re)Invention of a Swedish Tradition A Successful Failure The Cold War Comes to the Coldest Continent Epilogue: A Continent for Performing Science

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349297054
• ISBN13: 9781349297054
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"