Race for the South Pole : The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen (POD)
Author(s): Roland Huntford
For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's full account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. December 2011 marks the centenary of the conclusion to the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diaries run alongside those of both Amundsen and Olav Bjaaland, never before translated into English. Cutting through the welter of controversy to the events at the heart of the story, Huntford weaves the narrative from the protagonists' accounts of their own fate. What emerges is a whole new understanding of what really happened on the ice and the definitive account of the Race for the South Pole.
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"'Breaks new ground by letting both men live and die side by side in their own words... The Race for the South Pole represents Huntford's final attempt to get Scott and Amundsen's legacies restored to what he believes should be their proper balance. There is simply no more evidence left to find.' (Guardian G2)"
Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: the Dramatic History of Skiing, Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and biographer of Shackleton and Nansen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.
Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Dramatis Personae; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Race for the South Pole; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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- : Continuum Publishing Corporation
- : Continuum Publishing Corporation
- : 31 August 2011
- : 234mm X 156mm
- : United States
- : 01 September 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roland Huntford
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 919.8904
- : 352
- : 25 bw illustrations