Scott And Amundsen by Roland Huntford
A gripping history of the agonies and feuds, as well as the joys, of the legendary 1911-2 British-Norwegian race to the South Pole
In 600 wonderfully researched pages.. Huntford has at last written the 3-dimensional book this immense drama deserves * SPECTATOR *
Gripping ...enthralling ...Handles a great mass of material with exceptional intelligence and skill * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
A brilliant achievement, as readable as an adventure story, as fact filled as an explorer's manual, as compelling as history always is when brought to life * TORONTO STAR 'One of the great debunking biographies’ *
NEW YORK TIMES * On December 14, 1911, the classical age of Polar exploration ended when Norway's Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole. His competitor for the prize, Britain's Robert Scott, arrived one month later--but died on the return with four of his men only 11 mi *
Gripping ...enthralling ...Handles a great mass of material with exceptional intelligence and skill * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
A brilliant achievement, as readable as an adventure story, as fact filled as an explorer's manual, as compelling as history always is when brought to life * TORONTO STAR 'One of the great debunking biographies’ *
NEW YORK TIMES * On December 14, 1911, the classical age of Polar exploration ended when Norway's Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole. His competitor for the prize, Britain's Robert Scott, arrived one month later--but died on the return with four of his men only 11 mi *
Roland Huntford is the former Scandinavian correspondent for the OBSERVER. He is the bestselling author of two critically acclaimed biographies of Ernest Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen as well as the novel THE SEA OF DARKNESS. He lives near Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349113951 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349113955 |
| Title | Scott And Amundsen |
| Author | Roland Huntford |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2000-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
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