The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of data for natural scientists working to understand global climate change. As this book shows, the tools of literary studies, history, archaeology, and more, can likewise produce important insights into the nature of the modern world and humanity more broadly.  

“This is a much overdue book on the importance of the humanities to the history of Antarctica. You will be surprised that something like this has not been written sooner. Read this book and you will immediately understand its significance, and hopefully the case won't ever have to be made again.” (Lisa Bloom, Center for the Study of Women, UCLA, USA, and author of “Gender on Ice” (1993))

“Antarctica has been heralded as a continent for science and adventure for a very long time.... Our relationship with Antarctica is complex, and many of the shades of this relationship have yet to be fully explored.  The humanities have a lot to offer in an exploration of these complexities and have been operating in the shadows of the natural sciences for too long.  This book has the potential to move the humanities out of the shadows and into the limelight of scholarly inquiry.  Roberts, van der Watt and Howkins have done a wonderful job pulling together a compelling, thoughtful and provocative selection of work from eminent scholars that puts the manifold and wondrous interactions between humans and Antarctic centre-stage.  This book marks the beginning of a new level of engagement with Antarctica from a humanities perspective.” (Dr. Daniela Liggett, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand)

"This is a much overdue book on the importance of the humanities to the history of Antarctica. You will be surprised that something like this has not been written sooner. Read this book and you will immediately understand its significance, and hopefully the case won't ever have to be made again." (Lisa Bloom, Center for the Study of Women, UCLA, USA, and author of "Gender on Ice" (1993)) "Antarctica has been heralded as a continent for science and adventure for a very long time... Our relationship with Antarctica is complex, and many of the shades of this relationship have yet to be fully explored. The humanities have a lot to offer in an exploration of these complexities and have been operating in the shadows of the natural sciences for too long. This book has the potential to move the humanities out of the shadows and into the limelight of scholarly inquiry. Roberts, van der Watt and Howkins have done a wonderful job pulling together a compelling, thoughtful and provocative selection of work from eminent scholars that puts the manifold and wondrous interactions between humans and Antarctic centre-stage. This book marks the beginning of a new level of engagement with Antarctica from a humanities perspective." (Dr. Daniela Liggett, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand)

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