News at the Ends of the Earth

Blum Hester Blum

Description

From Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage to early twentieth-century sprints to the South Pole, polar expeditions produced an extravagant archive of documents that are as varied as they are engaging. As the polar ice sheets melt, fragments of this archive are newly emergent. In The News at the Ends of the Earth Hester Blum examines the rich, offbeat collection of printed ephemera created by polar explorers. Ranging from ship newspapers and messages left in bottles to menus and playbills, polar writing reveals the seamen wrestling with questions of time, space, community, and the environment. Whether chronicling weather patterns or satirically reporting on penguin mischief, this writing provided expedition members with a set of practices to help them survive the perpetual darkness and harshness of polar winters. The extreme climates these explorers experienced is continuous with climate change today. Polar exploration writing, Blum contends, offers strategies for confronting and reckoning with the extreme environment of the present.

Sujets

• Idioma inglés
• Polar region
• Media studies
• English
• Anglais

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 04 avril 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781478004486
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 47 Mo

Extrait

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é N E W S A T T H E E N D S O F T H E E A R T H t H e p r i n t c u l t u r eôo l a r e x p l o r at i o n p

HESTER BLUM

duke unIversIt y pressDûà & ôô 2019

© 2019 duke unIversIty press Ā ŝ éŝéé é  é Ûé Śàéŝ ô Āéçà ô àç-éé àé∞ éŝé  àé àûç éŝé  ààô éé ô  éŝçéŝé ûŝ Śéçéŝ

à ô Çôéŝŝ Çààô--ûçàô àà àéŝ: û, éŝé, [àé] àûô. é: Hé éŝ à é éŝ ô é éà : é  çûûé ô ôà éôàô /  éŝé û. éŝçô: ûà : ûé Ûéŝ éŝŝ, 2019. | çûéŝ ôàçà  éééçéŝ à é. éiéŝ: lccn 2018040994 () lccn 2018047420 (éôô) Isbn 9781478004486 (éôô) Isbn 9781478003229 (àçôé : à. àé) Isbn 9781478003878 (. : à. àé) Śûéçŝ: lcsh: ôà éôŝ—ŝçôé à éôàô—Śôûçéŝ. | ôà  éôŝ—ŝô—Śôûçéŝ. | Éôéŝ—ôà éôŝ—àéŝ. | Śûà—  ŝçôôçà àŝéçŝ. | Çàç çàéŝ—ŝçôôçà àŝéçŝ. | ûà éçôô—  ŝçôôçà àŝéçŝ. Çàŝŝiçàô: lcc g580 (éôô) | lcc g580 .b58 2019 () | ddc 910.911—ç23 lc éçô àààé à ŝ://çç.ôç.ô/2018040994

Çôé à: Hé ééôôôŝ, Ç. . àà. ôôà  à ûé. Śàé à ô é Śôû àéŝ: [ôé à Āà - 36730].

Hŝ é ŝ éé àààé  à ôé àççéŝŝ éô (ô:10.18113/8Ç085) àŝ ô é tome àé à é ééôûŝ ŝûô ô Hé éŝàà Śàé Ûéŝ. éà ôé à ôéôôàŝ.ô.

Hŝ é ŝ çéŝé ûé é Çéàé Çôôŝ Āûô-ôÇôéçà 4.0 é- àôà çéŝé (ÇÇ -Ç). éà é çéŝé à ŝ://çéàéçôôŝ.ô/çéŝéŝ /-ç/4.0/éàçôé.

lIst of IllustratIons

chronology

preface: books on Ice

acknowledgments

C O N T E N T S

ïôûçô ôà Éçôéà ·

Oé  · Ééé 

wô Āçç éŝ ·

Héé  · Āàçç ŝ

ôû  · éà éé éçô

é û ôéé à Çàéŝ àçŝ à ·

Côçûŝô  ·àéŝ ô é à éà

notes

bIblIography

Index









1

43

91

138

177

209

231

237

273

291

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fIgure 1.1

I L L U S T R A T I O N S

é àé,àçŝé ô é ïûŝàé Açç Néwŝ

éôé ûà éç’ŝ ôôàç ôéôô14

Çô ôNéw Géôgà Gàzééé ô Ś ô à 16

Aûôà Bôéàŝ16

g ô é Pôé,ô é Nô Pôé Càà17

Wééky Gûy18

Pôà Aààç18

Qûéé’ŝ ïûàé Màgàzé19

Pô ôûké Wééky Néwŝ20

Dŝçôéy Néwŝ21

Açç Môô22

Mg Sû23

Açç Eàgé23

Sôû Pôà éŝ24

Hé Bzzà25

Aûôà Aûŝàŝôŝéçé 26

Aàçç Péé26

Aéé Bzzà27

Pg é “Açç Eàgé”46

fIgure 3.1

fIgure 2.4

67

63

fIgure 2.1

fIgure 2.2

fIgure 1.6

fIgure 1.7

ôà Āçç Héàé à, ŝ

ôà Āçç Héàé à,  àé

62

62

ôà Āçç Héàé à, ûé àé

fIgure 1.5

Āçç  Ôîçé àéŝéé

ôà Āçç Héàé à, é

à, ŝ

fIgure 1.8

é à’ŝ ié ô à çà éŝŝàé ôô76

àé ôàçŝé ô é ïûŝàé Açç Néwŝ

70

Qûéé Sûéçéàé ôà ûçé ô ôûà

61

fIgure 2.3

“fatal accIdent,”àçŝé ô é ïûŝàé Açç Néwŝ119

ûŝàô,Pô ôûké Wééky Néwŝ

“é é,” Éŝà é àé àé éé ôô

fIgure 3.2

fIgure 3.3

fIgure 3.5

“ Çé-àà ô ô é Śôû ôà éŝ”143

144

Āéŝéé ô éWééky Gûy

“Hé àŝ,”Açç Eàgé

fIgure 1.11

fIgure 2.6

48

ïllust r at Io n s

fIgure 3.6

135

ŝààç ŝàé àéŝ

“à ûé à Āéàé àç à ôé ô éEûàçé”143

134

fIgure 1.2

125

145

64

g ô é Pôé, éà

106

114

80

146

152

fIgure 1.10

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fIgure 3.7

fIgure 1.9

fIgure 1.4

fIgure 1.3

ô ŝôŝôé ô Çàé Éàŝ, Āàççà

Ééŝ ôçé à  éŝŝ

éà éŝàéŝ  Āàççà

Śàçéô’ŝ à ô é û à é ûàéŝ

ŝé ô çôé ô “Śéé é” éô ôAûôà Aûŝàŝ147

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fIgure 4.4

ôŝ ôîçé àé, Çàéŝ ŝà (ôéàà), àáàôŝ201

àôô éŝŝàé ô  à éé àé

hmsPôéçà éŝŝàé

àôô éŝŝàé ô é ŝ

fIgure 5.1

fIgure 3.8

158

àôô ûŝé  é à ŝéàç ééôŝ ô ŝû éŝŝàéŝ196

fIgure 4.5

ïllust r at Io n s

fIgure 3.12

fIgure 3.11

fIgure 4.1

197

198

Çàéŝ àçŝ à  àûû à  (ôôôôô à Éé)213

fIgure 4.2

à ô ééà Çôàŝ (à ŝàŝ), ôôé à228



230

178

170

Éû ŝô ûŝàô,Sôû Pôà éŝ

Çôûô ô ô éSôû Pôà éŝ

159

fIgure 4.9

174

à’ŝ ôéôôŝ

fIgure 4.6

à ééô ôé ôû  àçŝ éôô çÇôç180

éà ô “ûŝàé ééŝ é éà ôé”173

à ûŝôôŝ ô àà

éà ô “ôôéà”

fIgure 5.2

fIgure 5.4

Çà ééçé  hmséŝôûééà ô àé

fIgure 3.10

fIgure 3.9

fIgure 5.5

“éà Çà, Śôûé ôûé,” Śàçéô’ŝ Nôééô156

fIgure 4.8

fIgure 4.3

fIgure 3.13

fIgure 5.3

àôô éŝŝàé ô éé ŝ, hmséŝôûé, Aŝŝŝàçé196

197

“àûé ô à ŝéé,” à’ŝ à

189

Çà ôçé

fIgure 4.7

û-à à ô çé- ŝŝ

210

220