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The Industrial Archaeology of Polar Exploration: A Lecture

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April 8, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Location: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana

Phone: 217-333-3777

Link: http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/

Event Description

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is pleased to welcome Dr. Dag Avango of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) at Stockholm, who will deliver a lecture to close the Library's exhibition: "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration."

Dr. Avango studies the history of technology in the polar regions and has written about industrial archaeology on Svalbard and South Georgia Island.

For more information, please visit www.library.illinois.edu/rbx.
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