Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Being the reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Journals
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199536805
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication.
Scott's Last Expedition
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Scott's Last Expedition ...
Author: Leonard HuxleyPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342052790
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
Author: David RobertsPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393089649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?" This thrilling and almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders. It is illustrated by a trove of Frank Hurley’s famous Antarctic photographs, many never before published in the United States.
Scott's Last Journey
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This entirely new edition of explorer Robert F. Scott's journal is a first-hand account of his final, ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1910, with more than 150 never-before-seen photographs.
Scott's Last Expedition
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786703821
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"In November 1910, the vessel Terra Nova left New Zealand carrying an international team of explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman determined to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Scott kept a detailed journal of his adventures until March 29, 1912, when he and the few remaining members of his team met their ends in a brutal blizzard. The daily progress of the expedition toward the pole is recorded in an immensely vivid and personal narrative, depicting the beauty of the Antarctic tundra, the harsh living conditions, and Scott's own desperation to beat rival explorers to the pole."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Scott's Last Expedition
Author: Robert Falcon ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
The Last Place on Earth
Author: Roland HuntfordPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 030743236X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The South Pole
Author: Roald AmundsenPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition's successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all the way from the preparation leading up to the initial sea voyage, the voyage itself and then the establishing of a camp at the Antarctic. Although they were lucky with the weather, and Amundsen attributed the success of the expedition to "good luck", it is obvious that the Norwegian expedition was well prepared and ready for the troubles ahead; the equipment, the sledges with well-trained dogs, the supply depots with seal meat at regular intervals along the route, the sunglasses to avoid snow blindness; it was all thought of in advance.