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9781905791088

Scott and Amundsen: Duel in the Ice

by Langner, Rainier K.
  • ISBN13:

    9781905791088

  • ISBN10:

    1905791089

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary

On 17 January 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions of the British Antarctic expedition finally reached the South Pole, only to find that the Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it by 34 days.

Table of Contents

Arrival of the Gladiatorsp. 1
Paths to the Coldp. 23
Apprenticeship amidst Snow and Icep. 45
The Gauntlet or, An Ace up One's Sleevep. 75
Playing with Hidden Cardsp. 95
Meeting on the Edge of the Ice Shelfp. 119
Initial Preparations on the Ross Ice Shelfp. 143
The Route, or the Fine Art of Pragmatismp. 169
Triumph, Defeat and Deathp. 201
Bibliographyp. 224
Indexp. 226
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