The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Roland Huntford, Paul Theroux (Introduction by)Series:Modern Library ExplorationPublish date:1999-09-07Pages:640
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375754746ISBN-10:375754741UPC:9780375754746Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & DiscoveriesSize:8.10 x 5.27 x 1.32 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC97SW9RCR
The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
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...
Series: Modern Library Exploration
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375754746ISBN-10:375754741UPC:9780375754746Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & DiscoveriesSize:8.10 x 5.27 x 1.32 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC97SW9RCR
Roland Huntford is the former Scandinavian correspondent for the London Observer. He is the bestselling author of two critically acclaimed biographies of Ernest Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen as well as the novel Sea of Darkness. He lives in Cambridge, England. Paul Theroux's highly acclaimed novels include Blinding Light, Hotel Honolulu, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, and The Mosquito Coast. His...
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