COMMUNITY EVENTS
Free or low cost Community Events and college courses are intended to provide background on the yearly topic and to touch on areas related to the February Conference that may not be covered in its three-day format. The views of our presenters are their own and may not represent those of the Camden Conference.
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“Arctic exploration and American culture”-talk by author Michael Robinson on Zoom via Prince Memorial Library
January 28, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EST
The Camden Conference and Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland present Michael Robinson on January 28 at 6:30pm on Zoom. He will discuss “Arctic exploration and American culture”. Contact emanning@cumberlandmaine.com to register.
Michael Robinson is a professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He is the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture, winner of the 2008 Book Award for the History of Science in America and The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent, winner of the History of Science Society’s Davis Prize. He hosts Time To Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration.