Abstract
Time is an intrinsic dimension of our life as humans and our experience of the world. When not considering it simply as a shell or as a medium for events, we are invited to think about immanent time, which is internal to consciousness and refers to perception. It highlights, for example, perceived duration instead of absolute duration, measured in minutes, days or years. These issues are relevant when considering the presence of sailor-hunters in 19th century Antarctica. The recurrent image we created of the cold continent is one of it being still and static, without action or time. However, thinking about the possibility of other ways of understanding it, this article explores the elements that may determine or influence the perception of time passage, its velocity and rhythm, in the context of thesesailor-hunters. In this respect, the following elements will be correlated: the intense rhythm of the hunting activities, the moments of leisure and obstacles to the work, the absolute and non-absolute markers of time, the provenance of the objects used (Metropolitan state versus Antarctica), and the durability of the objects taken on the trip.
Keywords
Time; Sailor-hunters; 19th century; Archaeology; Landscape; Antarctica
