| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Dramatis Personae; Abbreviations; Introduction; Race for the South Pole; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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. 2010 marks the centenary of 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 weavesthe narrative from the protagonists' accounts of their own fate. What emerges is a whole new understanding of what really happened on the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
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| SUBJECT |
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 fast |
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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 fast |
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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Explorers -- Norway -- Biography
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TRAVEL.
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Discoveries in geography -- British
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Discoveries in geography -- Norwegian
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Explorers
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Discovery & Exploration.
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Geography.
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Earth & Environmental Sciences.
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| SUBJECT |
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Norwegian
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| Subject |
Antarctica
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Great Britain
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Norway
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
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| ISBN |
9781441110770 |
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1441110771 |
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1282821652 |
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9781282821651 |
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9781441149282 |
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1441149287 |
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