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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.
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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.
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- ÉditeurC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Date d'édition1976
- ISBN 10 0903983478
- ISBN 13 9780903983471
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The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912
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(London: C. Hurst & Co., 1996) 0903983478
(1976)
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ISBN 13 : 9780903983471
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Description du livre Text facsimile, in one volume, of the John Murray edition of 1912, issued in two volumes. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 8vo; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxxv + (i) + 392, x + 449, incl. index; numerous plates and maps, incl. large, folding map. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn and rubbed, sunned on spine panel; bumps to bottom fore-corners; occasional minor fox spot. Very good condition. (Conrad, p. 156 [original, and facsimiles up to 1976]) "Lacking in personal charisma, Amundsen was to some extent a victim of British chauvinism, which stereotyped him as a devious foreigner not above gaining the Pole by a deceitful stratagem and, worse by far, sacrificing his dogs to do so. His complaint in later years that British schoolchildren were being taught to regard Scott as the true discoverer of the South Pole was probably no exaggeration. Today we can look back to these distant events more dispassionately, and freely give Amundsen the credit that is his due. He was a truly professional explorer who took pains to put all his theories to the test and left nothing to chance. The South Pole, which so successfully exemplifies Amundsen's philosophy of exploration, is a polar masterpiece which deserves to be in print again after so many years in limbo.". N° de réf. du vendeur 10729
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The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912
Edité par
London C. Hurst & Company 1996
(1996)
ISBN 10 : 0903983478
ISBN 13 : 9780903983471
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Description du livre Etat : very good. 2nd printing of 1976 Facsimile Edition. xxxv,392;x,449pp. Octavo. 2 volumes bound together. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B/W reproduction plates (one folding), in text and maps (one folding). Pages crinkled on center top edge, otherwise textblock clean and tight. Pictorial wrappers have minor rubbing, no chips or creasing. very good This new impression edition shows again how Amundsen took exploring professionally. He pain stakingly tested his theories and proved them right. A polar masterpiece giving credit to a Professional Explorer. N° de réf. du vendeur 101578
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The South Pole
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C. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
(1976)
ISBN 10 : 0903983478
ISBN 13 : 9780903983471
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Description du livre hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1996 'New Impression', VG+/Near Fine DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has tiny tear on rear panel, in Mylar, sound binding & firm corners, cloth boards have some stains near fore-edge, no markings found, pages very nice, not a remainder, fold-out map near rear of book. Ships with care in a box. N° de réf. du vendeur h630
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