Scott And Amundsen
The Last Place on Earth
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the drivin…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4055-2031-7
- EAN: 9781405520317
- Produktnummer: 22937583
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 624 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'292 KB
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