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What happened when polar explorers took to the skies in the 1920s? Dr Marionne Cronin discusses how the Far North was re-imagined in the age of aerial exploration and how the resulting images continue to influence contemporary debates about the region.
In the 1920s, polar explorers embraced the new possibilities offered by aircraft and took to the skies. But what did this mean for popular ideas about the Far North? How did this cutting-edge technology fit with existing images of the polar regions as a pristine wilderness that existed outside the modern, industrialized world?
In this talk, Dr Marionne Cronin, a Research Fellow in the University of Aberdeen’s North Theme, discusses how the Far North was re-imagined in the age of aerial exploration and how the resulting images continue to influence contemporary debates about the region.
Free admission but booking advisable.
- Speaker
- Dr Marionne Cronin
- Hosted by
- Special Collections Centre
- Venue
- The Special Collections Centre Seminar Room, Lower Ground Floor, The Sir Duncan Rice Library
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