Disciplining the Field: The British Arctic Expedition of 1875 and the Construction of Arctic Research Specialism

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Abstract

When the Association of German Natural Philosophers and Physicists met for their forty-eighth annual meeting in September 1875, one of the topics on the agenda was the future of Arctic exploration.¹ The Austro-Hungarian naval officer Karl Weyprecht (1838–1881) had recently returned from the Arctic, but when he addressed the large audience as the second presenter on the first day of the meeting, his aim was not simply to provide an account of the results from his polar travels.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVictorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences : Rethinking the Specialization Thesis
EditorsEfram Sera-Shriar, Bernard Lightman
Number of pages35
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date2024
Edition1
Pages158-182
Chapter8
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Publication statusPublished - 2024

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