The South Pole
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The South Pole by Captian Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but-due to poor preparation and miscalculation-died with the rest of his party on their return trip. The South Pole remains one of the greatest and most important books on polar exploration.
"Amundsen was the supreme exponent of Polar techniqueHe towered above his rivals; he brought an intellectual approach to exploration and stood, as he still stands, the antipole to the heroic delusion... The journey to the South Pole remains his masterpiece, the culmination of the classical age of Polar exploration and, perhaps, the greatest snow journey ever made." -Roland Huntford,The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian polar explorer (1872-1928), was the first man to reach the South Pole. He was also the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, and later may have been the first to fly over the North Pole. While flying on a rescue mission in 1928, Amundsen was killed when his plane crashed into the Arctic Ocean.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814706985 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814706983 |
| Title | The South Pole |
| Author | Captian Roald Amundsen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New York University Press |
| Year published | 2001-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 896 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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