I May Be Some Time by Francis Spufford

I May Be Some Time by Francis Spufford

When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why. This book, in contrast, is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired, and offers a cultural history of a national obsession with polar explorers and mountaineers. It sets out to show how Scott's death in 1912 was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys to the ends of the earth.

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ISBN 13	9780571179510
ISBN 10	0571179517
Titel	I May Be Some Time
Autor	Francis Spufford
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Faber & Faber
Erscheinungsjahr	1997-06-23
Seitenanzahl	384
Preise	Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 1997
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