The Spectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 245606-230193-1283
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- UCL Press
- ISBN
- 9781787352476
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This is a major revisionist reading of the culture of Arctic exploration in Victorian Britain, focusing on the role of dreams, ghosts, and supernatural senses in polar experiences, literature, and performances. As such it is unusually interdisciplinary, with chapters on fiction, embodiment, history of science, and popular culture. The arguments advanced bring together ‘spectral’ theory with a foundation in polar archives. The project involved 10 years of archival research and scholarship at Maynooth, Cambridge, and Munich universities and its innovative nature has been recognised in 14 positive reviews.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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