Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination: Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland

by J. Martin-Nielsen

Overview

Since the 18th century, Greenland's geometric center, Eismitte, has been one of the most forbidding but scientifically rich locations in the Arctic. Tracing its history from European contact through the Cold War, this study shows how Eismitte was the setting for scientific knowledge production as well as diplomatic maneuvering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349479412
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/18/2013
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Janet Martin-Nielsen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University's Centre for Science Studies, Denmark. She has a PhD from the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Canada. Her work has appeared in Annals of Science, the Journal of Historical Geography, History of the Human Sciences, and the Journal for the History of the Behavioral Sciences.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Edge of the World, the End of the World 1. A Land Apart 2. Taming the Ice Sheet 3. The Longest Trek 4. It Has Completely Changed Epilogue: A Conspicuous Absence

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