Race for the South Pole
Author | : Roland Huntford |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1441169822 |
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Author | : Roland Huntford |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1441169822 |
Author | : Christine Dell'Amore |
Publisher | : Exclusive Selection |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781614280118 |
Although it's a piece of history learned by every British student, the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913 remains an epic story unknown to many. In this ultimate showing of life and boundless bravery, Robert F. Scott and his five-man team battled the elements--traveling through subzero temperatures with motor sledges and ponies--in the hope of being the first to reach this uninhabited territory. Arriving at the South Pole on January 18, 1913, the adventurers were greeted by their worst nightmare: a Norwegian flag. Disheartened and badly frostbitten, they trudged back toward their boat, only to die just eleven miles from the next depot. This well-documented journey is starkly relived in this waterproof, over-sized edition featuring a historic collection of stunning black-and-white photography on waterproof paper, and excerpts from Scott's harrowing diary uniquely crafted in calligraphy. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies
Author | : Anthony Brandt |
Publisher | : National Geographic |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : |
The words of the great explorers of Antarctica--James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd--are gathered together in this gripping narrative history of the race to reach the South Pole.
Author | : Robert Falcon Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Leonard Huxley |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2018-10-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780342052806 |
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Author | : Dr. David M. Wilson |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2012-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0316193585 |
The myth of Scott of the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, icon of fortitude and courage who perished with his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole on March 29th, 1912, is an enduring one, elevated, dismantled and restored during the turbulence of the succeeding century. Until now, the legend of the doomed Terra Nova expedition has been constructed out of Scott's own diaries and those of his companions, the sketches of 'Uncle Bill' Wilson and the celebrated photographs of Herbert Ponting. Yet for the final, fateful months of their journey, the systematic imaging of this extraordinary scientific endeavor was left to Scott himself, trained by Ponting. In the face of extreme climactic conditions and technical challenges at the dawn of photography, Scott achieved an iconic series of images; breathtaking polar panoramas, geographical and geological formations, and action photographs of the explorers and their animals, remarkable for their technical mastery as well as for their poignancy. Lost, fought over, neglected and finally resurrected, Scott's final photographs are here collected, accurately attributed and catalogued for the first time: a new dimension to the last great expedition of the Heroic Age and a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.
Author | : Kari Herbert |
Publisher | : Conway Maritime Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9781844861378 |
On the centenary of Roald Amundsen's and Robert Scott's epic expeditions, this history of our search for the South Pole examines a number of expeditions to Antarctica through discussions with leading explorers, historians, scholars and polar experts.
Author | : Robert Falcon Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ashley Shelby |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2024-08-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1452972206 |
A New York TimesBook Review Editors’ Choice A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year Hudson Booksellers Book of the Year One of the New York Post’s Best Books of the Summer One of The Millions’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year IndieNext Pick A Time Magazine “What to Read Now” Selection A wry novel set at the edge of the earth about the courage it takes to band together, even as everything around you falls apart Unmoored by a recent family tragedy, Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty and on the verge of ruining her career. So when the opportunity arises to join the National Science Foundation’s Artists & Writers Program in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance—and finds herself in the company of others who are just abnormal enough for Polar life, a group of eccentrics motivated by desires as ambiguous as her own. When they are joined by a fringe scientist who claims climate change is a hoax, the Polies’ already-imbalanced community is rattled, bringing them to the center of a global controversy and threatening the ancient ice chip they call home.
Author | : Richard Evelyn Byrd |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2015-05-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1442241713 |
American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of camps and bases referred to as “Little America.” Over the years, many similar areas were developed as camps and research areas on Byrd’s Antarctic missions, but the founding of “Little America” required great courage and leadership. In awe of the unforgiving landscape, he eagerly met its treacherous challenges. Byrd outlines the blueprint for his first mission to Antarctica and provides a glimpse into the obstacles he and his team overcame at the world’s end. Reissued for today’s readers, Admiral Byrd’s classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the globe. As companions on Byrd’s journeys, modern audiences experience the polar landscape through Byrd’s own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures.