The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912 - Couverture souple

Amundsen, Captain Roald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0815411278 ISBN 13 : 9780815411277

Editeur : Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

The South Pole The first explorer to reach the South Pole recounts the rigors of his expedition. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The South Pole by Roald Amundsen tells the story of the author's trek to the South Pole. Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, on December 14, 1911. His account, entitled "The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912," tells how the team endured frostbite, snow blindness, and other horrors to reach their destination. Roald Amundsen planted the Norwegian flag on the South Pole on December 14, 1911, a full month before Robert Falcon Scott arrived on the same spot. Amundsen's The South Pole is a riveting first-hand account of a truly heroic expedition. The journey to the South Pole remains Roald Amundsen's masterpiece, the culmination of the classical age of Polar exploration and, perhaps, the greatest snow journey ever made.

Biographie de l'auteur :

In 1903, Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (something explorers had been attempting since the days of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson), with six others in a 47 ton steel seal hunting vessel, Gjøa. During this time Amundsen learned from the local Netsilik people about Arctic survival skills that would later prove useful. For example, he learned to use sled dogs and to wear animal skins in lieu of heavy, woolen parkas. He led the first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 and 1912.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0815411278
• ISBN 13: 9780815411277
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 896