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Jules Verne and the conquest of the polar regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Beau Riffenburgh
Beau Riffenburgh
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Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER
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Abstract

Like many of his contemporaries, the popular novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905) was deeply influenced by the geographical explorations of the mid 19th century. Of more than 60 novels published from 1855 onward in his series Les voyages extraordinaires, which involved tales of adventure, travel, geographical discovery or scientific or technological innovation, 11 included scenes or themes of polar travel. Verne clearly relied for his material and inspiration on current or recently-published polar expedition narratives of the Victorian era.

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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 162 , July 1991 , pp. 237 - 240
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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