Race to the pole : tragedy, heroism, and Scott's Antarctic quest / Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Author:
- Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir, 1944-
- Published:
- New York : Hyperion, [2004]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2004
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 462 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Contents:
- Markham's grand design -- Torpedo Lieutenant Scott -- Order out of chaos -- Through the pack ice: 1901-1902 -- Nudging the great barrier: 1902 -- Dogs, skis, and men -- The first winter -- The southern journey: 1902-1903 -- Lost on the Plateau: 1903-1904 -- A promise broken -- The race begins: 1910 -- Near disaster: 1911 -- The worst journey: 1911 -- The dangerous glacier -- The black flag -- Intimations of tragedy -- The greatest march ever made -- The legacy -- The last word.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 1401300472
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-411) and index.
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