Abstract
This article considers the connection between German Arctic exploration and German nation-building during the period of unification. It uses transnational and environmental history to study the German interest and experience in the Far North alongside distinct social, cultural, political, and scientific developments at home. It proposes that polar explorers and enthusiasts leveraged Arctic nature in the struggle to forge a unified German nation. They did this not only by rendering the Arctic in a way that allowed Germans to identify with it, but also by drawing the place as a proving ground for German cultural values and scientific ambition.
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