[Read ebook] The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated (Modern Library Exploration)
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| #105751 in Books | Modern Library | 1999-09-07 | 1999-09-07 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.30 x5.20l,1.30 | File Name: 0375754741 | 640 pages
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Story You Won't Forget|By apav|I watched the seven-part BBC series called "The Last Place on Earth" before reading this book. Huntford takes you from the beginning of polar exploration to the extraordinary feat of Roald Amundsen and his team and the aftermath. The Norwegians were first to reach the South Pole, but the British were hailed as heroes (having died in their att|.com |On December 14, 1911, the classical age of polar exploration ended when Norway's Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole. His competitor for the prize, Britain's Robert Scott, arrived one month later--but died on the return with four of his men only 11 m
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 Amu...
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You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated (Modern Library Exploration) | Roland Huntford.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
