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The Race to the Pole
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The Race to the Pole
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Description
The late 1890s saw the start of a "heroic age" in polar exploration. This book tells the story of three men who were to embody the spirit of the time--driven by courage, determination and ambition, to be the first to discover the South Pole: Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton.
South: The Race to the Pole describes the extraordinary challenges faced and hardships endured in their attempts.
Illustrated throughout, the book contains a map depicting the routes of the various expeditions, crew lists, a selected bibliography and suggested reading, and recommended websites. This new edition will be thoroughly revised throughout and contain a new introduction to reflect new research and discoveries regarding these expeditions as well as more recent attempts in traveling to the Pole, in addition to containing new images from the Royal Museums Greenwich Collection.
Table of Contents
1. White Desert
2. Discovery and Nimrod
Discovery (1901-04)? Nimrod (1907-09)
3. White Warfare
4. The Race to the Pole
Fram (1910-12)
Terra Nova (1910-13)
5. Food for the Race to the Pole
6. The Great White Silence: Antarctic Exploration and Film
7. Endurance
Endurance (1914-17)
Frozen In
James Caird (Apr-May 16)
Yelcho (May-Aug 1916)
Voyage's End
Selected Biographies
Crew Lists
Bibliography and suggested further reading
Recommended websites
Product details
| Published | Oct 23 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781844864867 |
| Imprint | Conway |
| Illustrations | 120 photographs and maps |
| Dimensions | 246 x 189 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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