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The Historiography of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition, 1819–21

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Authors:
  1. Rip Bulkeley

    1. Oxford, UK

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  • Explores Russian historiography of the Bellingshausen expedition to Antarctica (1819-21)

  • Debunks claims of Russian priority in sighting Antarctica

  • Explores the connections between this claim and Soviet and Russian policy

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Preliminaries

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 1-8

  3. Introductions

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    Pages 9-23

  4. What the Explorers Actually Said (1821–1855)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 25-46

  5. General Acceptance (1833–1928)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 47-63

  6. Shifting Grounds (1929–1947)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 65-77

  7. The Fix (1948–1949)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 79-113

  8. A Forgotten Letter (1821)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 115-128

  9. Digging In, 1: Minor Players (1950–1971)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 129-150

  10. Digging In, 2: Heavyweights (1960–1971)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 151-199

  11. Standing Pat (1966–1991)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 201-217

  12. The Triumph of ‘Fact’ (1992–2020)

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 219-250

  13. Conclusions

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 251-266

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 267-324
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About this book

This book looks at the different ways in which Russian historians and authors have thought about their country’s first Antarctic expedition (1819-21) over the past 200 years. It considers the effects their discussions have had on Russia’s Antarctic policy and may yet have on Antarctica itself.  In particular, it examines the Soviet decision in 1949, in line with the cultural policies of late Stalinism, to revise the traditional view of the expedition in order to claim that it was Russian seamen that first sighted the Antarctic mainland in January 1820; this claim remains the official position in Russia today. The author illustrates, however, that the case for such a claim has never been established, and that attempts to make it damaged the work of successive Russian historians. Providing a timely assessment of Russian historiography of the Bellingshausen expedition and examining the connections between the priority claim and national policy goals, this book represents an important contribution to the history of the Antarctic. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Oxford, UK

    Rip Bulkeley

About the author

Rip Bulkeley lives in Oxford, UK, and has published numerous articles on polar history, and on the Bellingshausen expedition in particular, in Polar Record and other journals. His book Bellingshausen and the Russian Antarctic Expedition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) was awarded the Anderson Medal by the Society of Nautical Research.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Historiography of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition, 1819–21

  • Authors: Rip Bulkeley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59546-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59545-6Published: 27 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59548-7Published: 28 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59546-3Published: 26 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of Science, Political History

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