Interpreting the Heroic Era through its artefacts

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The Antarctic huts of the Heroic Era explorers contain some 16,000 artefacts spread between the Ross Island huts, Borchgrevink's hut at Cape Adare and Mawson's huts at Cape Denison. The artefacts range from considerable quantities of canned food to furniture, sleeping bags, scientific equipment and eclectic personal items. The huts are immeasurably more powerful and evocative in their ability to interpret the Era as a result. However, at the same time they are but a fraction of the food and equipment that went with the expeditions. Does the present confuse the past? Are we misconstruing the power of these artefacts? This paper explores these issues in relation to the Ross Island, Cape Adare and Cape Denison huts.View full textDownload full textKeywordsAntarctic exploration, heritage, conservation, managementRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2011.568794