Overview
- With previously unpublished 1873 expedition diaries and recently discovered photos by Herbert Chermside
- Includes first photographic record of the north coast of Spitzbergen
- Introductory chapters by specialists in exploration history, photographic history and history of science
- In association with Grenna Museum in Sweden
Part of the book series: Historical Geography and Geosciences (HIGEGE)
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About this book
This book describes the 1873 voyage of the British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, based on the diaries and photographs of Lieutenant Herbert C. Chermside, who joined the expedition of the seas around Svalbard. Chermside’s photographs, long believed lost, have recently been uncovered in Sweden and are being curated there by the Grenna Museum. The three unpublished diaries of Herbert Chermside were lent to the Scott Polar Research Institute in 1939 by Mrs. Benjamin Leigh Smith. For the first time, Chermside’s diaries are published in their entirety, with the original photographs shown alongside modern images of the same locations. This includes the first photographic record of the north coast of Svalbard, images that are today being used as comparative data for the study of climate change in the archipelago.
The diaries have been fully transcribed and edited. Introductory chapters are included, written by specialists in the history of exploration, history of science, and the history of photography from Penn State University, the University of Gothenburg, and UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, as well as contributors from the UK and Germany.This volume is published in association with Grenna Museum, which will present Chermside’s photographs in a 2022 exhibit on Leigh Smith and A.E. Nordenskiold.
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Book Title: The Coldest Coast
Book Subtitle: The 1873 Leigh Smith Expedition to Svalbard in the Diaries and Photographs of Herbert Chermside
Editors: P. J. Capelotti
Series Title: Historical Geography and Geosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67880-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67879-1Published: 16 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67882-1Published: 17 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67880-7Published: 15 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2520-1379
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1387
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LXXIII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Historical Geography, Polar Geography, Archaeology, World History, Global and Transnational History