the last place on earth by roland huntford

It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition. THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten.

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. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition.Also available on eBook for £3.99. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. Buy a used copy of The Last Place on Earth : Scott and Amundsens Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated book by Roland Huntford, Paul Theroux.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration.

The last place on earth by roland huntford