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The Lost Photographs Of Captain Scott
Author: David M. Wilson
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781405511957
Category: Photography
Page: 192
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Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey
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A respected historian and relative of Dr. Edward Wilson, who died while returning from the South Pole in 1912 on the doomed Terra Nova expedition, catalogs the final photos of the journey taken by Captain Scott himself.
Language: en
Pages: 848
Pages: 848
Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions [2 volumes]
This one-stop reference is a perfect resource for anyone interested in the North and South Poles, whether their interest relates to history, wildlife, or the geography of these regions in the news today. • Introduces natural phenomena and flora and fauna found at the North and South Pole regions •
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886–1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott’s 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley’s service with the British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry.
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
As one of two points where the Earth’s axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious