Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Admundsen - Couverture rigide

Huntford, Roland

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1441169822 ISBN 13 : 9781441169822

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's 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. 2010, marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English. Cutting through the welter of controversy, with the polar journey at the heart of the story Huntford weaves a narrative frpm the protagonists explanations of their own fate. What emerges is a whole new understanding of what really happened on the ice.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1441169822
• ISBN 13: 9781441169822
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 364
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