Antarcticness: Inspirations and Imaginaries

Antarcticness joins disciplines, communication approaches, and ideas to explore meanings and depictions of Antarctica.

Personal and professional words in poetry and prose, plus images, present and represent Antarctica, as presumed and as imagined, alongside what is experienced around the continent and by those watching from afar.

These understandings explain how the Antarctic is viewed and managed while identifying aspects that should be more prominent in policy and practice.

Given the diversity and disparity of the influences and changes, the book’s contributions connect to provide a more coherent and encompassing perspective of how society views Antarctica, scientifically and artistically, and what the continent provides and could provide politically, culturally, and environmentally.