Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Admundsen [Lingua Inglese]: In Their Own Words - Rilegato

Huntford, Roland

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ISBN 10: 1441169822 ISBN 13: 9781441169822

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2010

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:

Breaks new ground by letting both men live and die side by side in their own words ... The Race for the South Pole represents Huntford s final attempt to get Scott and Amundsen s legacies restored to what he believes should be their proper balance. There is simply no more evidence left to find. --The Guardian

Reading the journals of Scott and Amundsen together has the advantage of highlighting the relative pace and position of the two expeditions on a daily basis. It also draws attention to the contrasting literary styles of their authors. Of interest here are not simply the celebrated set-pieces, most notably Scott s powerful final message to the public, but also more routine matters of format and function. --BBC History Magazine

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, Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and biographies of Shackleton and Nansen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on the Observer for many years. He is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441169822
• ISBN 13: 9781441169822
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 330