With Scott in the Antarctic Edward Wilson: Explorer, Naturalist, Artist

by Williams, Isobel; Stroud, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780752452463
• ISBN10: 0752452460
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

Edward Wilson (1872-1912) accompanied Robert Falcon Scott on both his celebrated Antarctic voyages: the Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904 and the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-1913. Wilson served as Junior Surgeon and Zoologist on Discovery and, on this expedition, with Scott and Ernest Shackleton he set a new Furthest South on 30 December 1902. He was Chief of Scientific Staff on the Terra Nova Expedition and reached the South Pole with Scott, Lawrence Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers and Edgar Evans on 18 January 1912, arriving there four weeks after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Wilson and his four companions died on the return journey. Trained as a physician, Wilson was also a skilled artist. His drawings and paintings lavishly illustrated both expeditions. He was the last major exploration artist; technological developments in the field of photography were soon to make cameras practical as a way of recording journeys into the unknown. This biography, the first full account of the Antarctic hero, traces his life from childhood to his tragic death.

Author Biography

Isobel Williams is a physician. Michael Stroud is a physician who is an expert on human health under extreme conditions and who partnered with Ranulph Fiennes on polar expeditions. He is the author of Shadows on the Wasteland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Prologue	p. 11
Early Years	p. 17
Cambridge	p. 29
Edward Wilson, M.B	p. 41
Antarctic Recruit	p. 59
England to Madeira	p. 75
To the Polar Ice	p. 89
Entering Antarctica	p. 109
Furthest South	p. 133
Paintings and Penguins	p. 159
The Grouse Challenge	p. 177
Terra Nova	p. 203
The Winter Journey	p. 233
Death in the Antarctic	p. 251
Epilogue	p. 275
Notes on Sources	p. 279
Selected Bibliography	p. 313
Index	p. 315
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