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Race for the south pole : the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen / Roland Huntford
By: Huntford, Roland
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Continuum, 2011Description: xxi, 330 p. : ill., facsims, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781441126672.Subject(s): Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 -- Diaries | Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Diaries | Bjaaland, Olav -- Diaries | Explorers -- Great Britain -- Diaries | Explorers -- Norway -- Diaries | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- NorwegianDDC classification: 919.8904 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. 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
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| National Library of India | E | E 919.8904 H 919 (Browse shelf) | Available | NLI-PUR000566993ENG |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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