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A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America
This collection of studies provides valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing Latin America.
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Dude Ranches: “A typically American vacation in the Glorious West” | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 11 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter exlains the emergence of so called dude ranches and how railroads such as the CB&Q were vital to this business.
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Suburbanization | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 12 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on the role of passenger rail for the process of suburbanization.
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Trains, Boats, Automobiles, and Airplanes | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 13 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on the emergence of modern transport and its impact on railroad companies such as the CB&Q.
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The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice
This virtual exhibition sheds light on Alfred Wegener's expeditions to Greenland between 1906 and 1931. Its main focus is on the diaries Wegener wrote during his explorations, which offer unique insights into the manifold challenges man and material faced in Greenland's extreme environments. You may choose to read the diaries in their original state, or browse the expeditions individually and read transcribed and translated excerpts by clicking on the individual chapters.
This version, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition.
PDFs of the virtual exhibition, as well as original scans and transcripts of the Wegener Diaries, can be found at the exhibition's PDF Depot.
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Exhibition Overview | Wegener Diaries
In this online exhibition, historian Christian Kehrt describes how polar researcher Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) focused on gaining detailed knowledge about the origins of Greenland’s weather and climate conditions and the dynamics of its ice sheet. His expedition diaries, which are at the core of this online exhibition, are a crucial document for anyone interested in the history polar expedition. His dense and well-preserved diaries allow for a detailed look into everyday life, continuities, and changes in polar exploration in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Alfred Wegener’s Greenland Diaries | Wegener Diaries
Covering four expeditions between 1906–1930, Alfred Wegener’s Greenland diaries are presented in an overview by historian Christian Kehrt.
Arcadia
Mateship with Birds: An Australian Plea for Conservation
An early Australian conservationist offers a window onto the ways in which nature was once valued.
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Biography of Alfred Wegener | Wegener Diaries
Historian Christian Kehrt presents a short biographical profile of geologist and polar explorer Alfred Wegener, with historic photographs. Wegener’s diaries from his three Greenland expeditions (1906–1931)—digitized, transcribed, and translated—are the focus of this Virtual Exhibition.
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Original Footage: Alfred Wegener’s German Greenland Expedition, 1930–1931 (1936) | Wegener Diaries
Commenting actual film footage from Alfred Wegener’s last Greenland expedition, literary historian Dorit Müller describes the content and context of this unique material.