Visual Culture and Arctic Voyages

In The Mid-Nineteenth Century Thirty-Six Expeditions Set Out For The Northwest Passage In Search Of Sir John Franklin''S Missing Expedition. The Array Of Visual And Textual Material Produced On These Voyages Was To Have A Profound Impact On The Idea Of The Arctic In The Victorian Imaginary. Eavan O''Dochartaigh Closely Examines Neglected Archival Sources To Show How Pictures Created In The Arctic Fed Into A Metropolitan View Transmitted Through Engravings Lithographs And Panoramas. Although The Metropolitan Arctic Revolved Around A Fulcrum Of Heroism Terror And The Sublime The Visual Culture Of The Ship Reveals A More Complicated Narrative That Included Cross-Dressing Theatricals Dressmaking And Dances With Local Communities. O''Dochartaigh''S Investigation Into The Nature Of The On-Board Visual Culture Of The Nineteenth-Century Arctic Presents A Compelling Challenge To The ''Man-Versus-Nature'' Trope That Still Reverberates In Polar Imaginaries Today. This Title Is Also Available As Open Access On Cambridge Core.