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Iconic Arctic Shipwrecks, Archaeology, and Museum Narratives

Pages 427-438 | Received 22 Nov 2018, Accepted 02 Jan 2019, Published online: 21 Oct 2021
 

Abstract

This article reflects on three Arctic shipwrecks currently being reclaimed for future exhibition. Two are icons of polar exploration. Maud was built for Roald Amundsen's North Pole expedition (1917–1925) and Belgica was used in the first Antarctic overwintering expedition (1897–1899). The salvage of Maud in Canada and the ship's return to Norway in 2018 was privately financed. Raising Belgica has been the goal of a Belgian non‐profit organization. The third is a medieval Norwegian wreck excavated in 2017 with community funding. The role of each ship as icon and archaeological heritage is assessed and framed within a broader discussion of museum narratives.

Abstracto

Naufragios icónicos del Ártico, arqueología y narrativas museográficas

Este artículo trata sobre tres naufragios en el Ártico que actualmente están siendo recuperados para su exhibición en el futuro. Dos de ellos son íconos de la exploración polar. El Maud fue construido para la expedición del Polo Norte de Roald Amundsen (1917–1925) y el Belgica fue empleado en la primera expedición que permaneció en la Antártida durante el invierno (1897–1899). El salvamento del Maud en Canadá y su retorno a Noruega en 2018 fueron financiados con recursos privados. La recuperación del Belgica ha sido la meta de una organización belga sin ánimo de lucro. El tercero es un pecio noruego medieval excavado en 2017 con recursos comunitarios. Este artículo evalúa el papel de cada barco como ícono y como patrimonio arqueológico en el marco de la discusión más amplia de las narrativas museográficas.

抽象

北极标志性沉船-考古与博物馆讲述

本文是对目前已经提取并将用于展览的三艘北极沉船的回顾。其中的两艘更是极地探险的象征。“莫德”号 (Maud) 是为罗尔德·阿蒙森的北极探险 (1917‐1925) 而建, 而“比利时”号 (Belgica) 则曾用在首次南极越冬探险 (1897–1899) 。“莫德”号的打捞及2018年运回挪威的经费都来源于私人资助。将“比利时”号打捞出水则是一家比利时一家非营利组织。第三艘是一艘-世纪挪威沉船, 2017年由社会资-资助发掘。对每艘船的标志及考古学遗产的作用在博物馆讲述的更为广泛的讨-中得到评估与构建。

北極標志性沉船-考古與博物館-述

本文是對目前已經提取並將用于展覽的三艘北極沉船的回顧。其中的兩艘更是極地探險的象征。“莫德”號 (Maud) 是爲羅爾德•阿蒙森的北極探險 (1917‐1925) 而建, 而“比利時”號 (Belgica) 則曾用在首次南極越冬探險 (1897–1899) 。“莫德”號的打撈及2018年運回挪威的經費-來源于私人資助。將“比利時”號打撈出水則是一家比利時一家非營利組織。第三艘是一艘-世紀挪威沉船, 2017年由社會資-資助發掘。對每艘船的標志及考古學遺産的作用在博物館-述的更爲廣泛的討-中得到評-與構建。

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Acknowledgements

A shorter version of this paper was presented at the Heritage 2018 conference in Granada, Spain. I wish to acknowledge the central role of Tori Falck and other colleagues at the Norwegian Maritime Museum in the ongoing Lovund research project and to the Lovund boat interest group for their financial support and encouragement. Thanks to Marnix Pieters, research director of archaeology at the Flanders Heritage Agency, for providing images of Belgica and to Jan Wanggaard for his photograph of Maud, with reference made to a lecture he gave ‘Maud kommer hjem’ on 14 February 2018 at a meeting held by the Arktisk Forening at the Polar Museum, Tromsø, Norway. Thanks also to Rossella Ragazzi and Mariann Mathisen for constructive comments on the manuscript.

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