Expédition Polar Expeditions: Discovering Rituals of Success within Hazardous Ventures NEUF

1. Introduction: Expeditions and Rituals

2. Ritual Theory and Methodology: Life on Polar Expeditions

3. Failed Expeditions, by J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Grinnell Voyage: A Troubled Search for the Franklin Expedition

The Grinnell Expedition to Polar Greenland: Discord at Sea

The Jeanettes Search for the North Pole: A Tragic Venture

The Karluk Mission in the Northern Seas: An Arctic Disaster

A Russian Expedition to Siberia: Life and Death in the Arctic

The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition: Discord and Loss in the Arctic

The Polaris Expedition to the North Pole: A Recipe for Failure

The Belgica Expedition in Antarctica: Amundsen¿s Account of a Flawed Mission

The HMS Enterprise in Search of the John Franklin: Conflicts of Authority and Ritual Failure

4. Successful Expeditions, by expédition J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Voyage of the Isabel in Pursuit of the John Franklin: A Successful Journey to Greenland

A Land Journey in the North: The Team of Haig-Thomas and Nookap

A Quest for the South Pole: The Tragedy and Triumph of the Scott Expedition

First to the North Pole: Hensons Account of the Peary Expedition

Research in Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century British Expedition

Science in Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century American Expedition

5. Highly Successful Expeditions, by J. David Knottnerus, Kevin Johnson, and James D. Mason

The Discovery of the Northwest Passage: The Trials of the M¿Clure Expedition

Heard Island, Antarctica: A Mid-Twentieth Century Australian Expedition

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Shackletons Challenge

A Late Nineteenth Century Arctic Expedition: Nansen and the Fram

6. Conclusion