Scott And Amundsen: The Last Place on Earth
Sep 2012 · Hachette UK
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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 driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out.
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition.
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition.
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8 reviews
Dylan Evans
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November 14, 2022
Although very informative especially with regard to Amundsen's journey this book is unashamedly biased towards the destruction of Scott's name and character. If you do read I would also recommend other books which have a more rounded view of Scott and his heroic deeds such as Captain Scott by Ranulph Fiennes (A seasoned Polar Explorer) or 'The worst Journey in World' by Cherry Garard (an actual member of Scott's expedition).
Novi Abdi
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June 18, 2019
unfortunately, it does not sell in my country, poor me
About the author
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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