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IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE
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| By: |
Kari Herbert, Huw Lewis-Jones |
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Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£11.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844862526 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844862528 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
10 February, 2014 |
| Synopsis: |
In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolatespot at the very end of the earth, as two men raced to conquer the South Pole. Ahundred years after Roald Amundsen's triumph and Robert Scott's tragicdemise, our fascination with the Antarctic remains as acute as ever. On thecentenary of their epic expeditions, this book traces our search for the SouthPole, from the earliest encounters with Antarctica's icy waters, through theHeroic Age to modern times. In addition to the words of Scott and Amundsen,vivid descriptions from the logbooks, journals and narratives of pioneers such asCarsten Borchgrevink, Ernest Shackleton and Douglas Mawson provide firsthandexperiences of this enigmatic and unforgiving region. In our own times,there is commentary from modern explorers and travellers, writers andscientists, who explain what the South Pole means to them. Among thosefeatured are Edmund Hillary, Vivian Fuchs, Ranulph Fiennes and Borge Ousland.Stunning images by Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley, and from the personalcollections of explorers and adventure photographers, as well as contemporaryephemera and artefacts illustrate the hardships of life on the ice. The authorshave woven together the narrative of this enduring human quest with individualstories to place the Scott-Amundsen race in historical context and consider itslegacy in the manhaulers, extreme skiers and adventure tourists of today. In the21st century the South Pole remains an international stage for ambition andpersonal endeavour. For anyone who has felt the pull of this magnetic place -this is the book for you. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Conway |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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