The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture

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Summary

Places exploration of the Arctic region in the context of American culture in the late nineteenth century. Focuses on the expeditions of Elisha Kent Kane, Isaac Hayes, Charles Hall, Adolphus Greely, Walter Wellmann, Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, their innovations, use of media to publicize their field studies, and competition between explorers. Addresses the Smithsonian's role in encouraging this exploration.

Subject

  • Greely, Adolphus Washington
  • Hall, Charles Francis 1821-1871
  • Kane, Elisha Kent 1820-1857
  • Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel) 1832-1881
  • Wellman, Walter 1858-1934
  • Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) 1856-1920
  • Cook, Frederick 1833-1905
  • Arctic Expedition
  • Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
  • Polaris Expedition

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Date

2006

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Explorers
  • Arctic

Place

Arctic

Physical description

Number of pages : 218; Page numbers : 1-206

Edition

First edition

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