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008			180521s2018 enk o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781787352452
020			_z9781787352469
020			_z1787352455
035			_a(OCoLC)1156894743
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aMcCorristine, Shane, _d1983- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aSpectral Arctic : _bA History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration / _cShane McCorristine.
264		1	_aLondon : _bUCL Press, _c2018.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2021
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520	8		_aThe 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
651		7	_aArctic Regions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01240227
651		7	_aArctic Ocean _zNorthwest Passage. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01242546
651		0	_aNorthwest Passage.
651		0	_aArctic regions _xDiscovery and exploration.
650		7	_aShamanism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01115159
650		7	_aDiscoveries in geography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00894950
650		7	_aApparitions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00811524
650		0	_aShamanism _zArctic regions.
650		0	_aApparitions _zArctic regions.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/81363/
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