This issue of The Polar Journal is coming out at the waning of a tumultuous year in world
politics, still early into an already turbulent Trump administration that has seen the US pull …

2 and cracked. I thumbed through the maps and turned to a Mercator projection of the
largely unknown southern land we call Antarctica. It was hard to get a sense of the …

This brief chapter outlines how Antarctica captured humankind's imagination over the
centuries, culminating in a flurry of expeditions during the Heroic Age and, more recently, in …

More than a distant continent, Antarctica is a land of the imagination, shaping and shaped
for centuries by explorers, adventurers, scientists, and dreamers. The Entire Earth and Sky …

In the context of this paper,'science'includes both pure and applied scholarly investigation
about the Antarctic, comprises activities in the realm of natural and relevant social sciences …

The future is uncertain for Antarctica, with many possibilities–some more plausible, others
more preferable. Indeed, the region and its governance regime may be reaching (or may …

The most exciting initiative in the polar region was the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-
2008, conducted as the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) …

The polar regions have often been suggested as surrogates for the exploration and
colonization of space. In particular, Antarctica's greater isolation makes it a useful analogue …

Commemorating a particular anniversary is always an arbitrary affair, an act of whimsy. After
all, why acknowledge the 50th anniversary of someone or some event as opposed to the …

This special issue of The Polar Journal showcases six papers from the “Depths and
Surfaces” Antarctic humanities and social sciences conference, held in Hobart from 5-7 July …