Event Detail | May 22 – 24, 2008
North by Degree: An International Conference on Arctic ExplorationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 September 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.ansp.org/research/Arctic/
or contact:
Susan A. Kaplan
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Phone: 207-725-3289
E-mail: skaplan@bowdoin.edu
or contact:
Robert Peck
Academy of Natural Sciences
Phone: 215-299-1138
E-mail: peck@ansp.org
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College, and Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science announce a call for papers for "North by Degree," an international, interdisciplinary conference on the history of North American Arctic exploration in the years 1850 to 1940.
Conference topics include:
- strategic issues propelling northern exploration;
- consequences of culture contact (Western-Inuit/Inughuit relations);
- the impact of arctic exploration on popular culture;
- national identity and the "Race for the Pole";
- increases in knowledge of the natural world;
- advances in maritime technology;
- changes in navigational techniques;
- advances in travel and communication technologies; and
- the culture of the explorer.
Authors interested in presenting a paper at the conference should submit a one-page abstract and abbreviated CV to:
E-mail: bclause@amphilsoc.org
Papers presented at the conference will be considered for inclusion in a volume published by the American Philosophical Society.
