Features of the Linguistic Representation of Space: Modeling the Image of the Arctic in the Discourse of Geographical Description

The article is devoted to the study of metaphorical representation of the Arctic space in the discourse of geographical description. The material for the analysis was various text sources published before the 40s of the 20th century, devoted to the description of expeditions on the development of northern lands. Using the methods of discourse analysis and metaphorical modelling, the author examines the linguistic peculiarities of the representation of the Arctic space, identifies the key conceptual metaphors used in the texts and determines their source sphere. The conclusions related to the changes in the perception of the Arctic in the world picture of polar travellers are drawn in the conclusion.