Abstract
This paper, originally presented at the 7th SCAR History Workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa, presents an overview of the involvement of the Chilean Army in the nation’s first Antarctic expedition in 1947 that included members of the armed services, politicians, journalists and scientists. Very little has been written about the reality that the army personnel encountered during the expedition or how they surmounted their daily challenges, much less of their personal background, levels of education or what happened to them after returning to the mainland. The army’s participation in the expedition has failed to attract the interest of many civilian or military historians. Hopefully, this paper will inspire or serve as the basis for further scholarship. In some ways, it complements studies of the convergence of Antarctic politics and science (For example, Howkins, “Weather”; Elzinga and Bohlin, “The Politics of Science”; Berkman et al., Science Diplomacy). Utilizing diplomatic sources and archival material from the Chilean Army in addition to journalistic accounts, it seeks to illuminate an obscure chapter of the nation’s Antarctic heritage.
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