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In:Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History
Edited by Gunilla Hermansson and Jens Lohfert Jørgensen
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 15] 2020
► pp. 37–52

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Nordic polar heroes

The critical potential of literary history

 | University of Southern Denmark
Published online: 1 December 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.15.02han
Article outline
  • Roald Amundsen – in cold blood
  • Andrée – trapped by dreams
  • Rasmussen – cool and handsome
  • Exploring Nordic connections, differences and similarities
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
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