CHAQ 2020 is an Argentine-Swedish expedition that will study the historical remains of the first Swedish Antarctic expedition 1901-1903.
Not your ordinary back-yard tent. Jonathan Westin testing the equipment during the Abisko field-course. Photo: Dag Avango
In a continent recognized as a global commons, yet where seven states hold frozen claims and others are eager to be seen as stakeholders, history and the cultural heritage remains of earlier expeditions to Antarctica are deeply entangled in the geopolitics of the southern polar region. On this episode, Polar Geopolitics speaks with three polar historians and cultural heritage experts—Dag Avango, Lize-Marie van der Watt and Peder Roberts—who explain these complex interlinkages that strongly influence contemporary activity and the governance of Antarctica.
