"Blizzard blowing again and considerable discomfort on board as usual." Personal accounts of weather as scientific data, and the weather's influence on expedition members during the Heroic Age

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dc.contributor.authorRack, Ursula
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-27T22:45:06Z
dc.date.available2024-11-27T22:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an historic view on diaries and correspondence; in particular, how information related to weather was personally recorded and how Antarctic weather conditions influenced the expedition members in the Heroic Age (1897-1922). The paper is based on a presentation made at the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference in Auckland 2014. In this study, diaries have been used from the German “Gauss”-Expedition (also known as the “German South Polar Expedition”), led by Erich von Drygalski and the British “Discovery”-Expedition (also known as the “British National Antarctic Expedition”), led by Robert Falcon Scott. Both expeditions were undertaken during the period from 1901 through 1904. The timeframe is of particular interest, because it is a time when the men who went south did not have reliable comparative accounts in order to adequately mentally prepare for what they were about to experience. To put the research into a wider context, there are links drawn between other
dc.identifier.citationRack U (2015). "Blizzard blowing again and considerable discomfort on board as usual." Personal accounts of weather as scientific data, and the weather's influence on expedition members during the Heroic Age. The Polar Journal. 5(1). 113-127.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2015.1030159
dc.identifier.issn2154-896X
dc.identifier.issn2154-8978
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/107627
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectdiaries
dc.subjectweather
dc.subjectAntarctic
dc.subjectHeroic Age
dc.subjectDrygalski
dc.subjectScott
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4406 - Human geography::440604 - Environmental geography
dc.subject.anzsrc37 - Earth sciences::3701 - Atmospheric sciences::370108 - Meteorology
dc.subject.anzsrc37 - Earth sciences::3709 - Physical geography and environmental geoscience::370902 - Glaciology
dc.subject.anzsrc43 - History, heritage and archaeology::4303 - Historical studies::430307 - Environmental history
dc.subject.anzsrc47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470103 - Environmental communication
dc.subject.anzsrc43 - History, heritage and archaeology::4302 - Heritage, archive and museum studies::430201 - Archival, repository and related studies
dc.title"Blizzard blowing again and considerable discomfort on board as usual." Personal accounts of weather as scientific data, and the weather's influence on expedition members during the Heroic Age
dc.typeJournal Article
uc.collegeFaculty of Science
uc.departmentSchool of Earth and Environment
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