Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Huntford, Roland

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ISBN 10: 1441126678 ISBN 13: 9781441126672

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2011

Riassunto

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.

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.

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Recensione:

Side by side, day by day, Huntford lets Scott and Admundsen speak for themselves, placing the original diary entries of each man on facing pages.  He includes superb original maps and photographs, and the never-before-translated diary of Admundsen's charismatic lead skier. --Longitude

L'autore:

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 and Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and he is the biographer of Shackleton and Nansen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.

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• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1441126678
• ISBN 13: 9781441126672
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 330