The European Antarctic

' This elegantly written, well-researched, and thoughtful study is a major contribution to twentieth-century polar history. Drawing upon unpublished documents in Norwegian, Swedish, and English, Roberts weaves a fascinating and persuasive account of the changing relations between science and commerce as well as science and national honor in a path breaking contribution to the history of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration. ' Robert Marc Friedman, professor of History of Science, University of Oslo & Tromsø and associate research scholar, Johns Hopkins University

' In this erudite and tightly argued book, Peder Roberts confirms his status as one of the most exciting early career scholars working on the history of science, with a particular focus on the Polar Regions. The material presented here offers us a fascinating transnational analysis of how Britain, Norway, and Sweden explored, studied, and governed the Antarctic. More generally, it offers a plethora of theoretical and methodological insights into how to write about the histories and geographies of science and thus deserves to be read widely. ' Klaus Dodds, professor, Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire and A Very Short Introduction to the Antarctic