The Last Place on Earth
Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
$47.68
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
15 October 1999
Summary
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In this 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. 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 be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375754746 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375754741 |
| Author: | Roland Huntford, Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 516g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 131mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Exploration |
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Critics Review
“A remarkably vivid picture of the agonies and feuds, as well as joys,
of polar exploration … a fascinating book.”–The New York Times
“An extraordinarily rich reading experience.”–Los Angeles Times
Roland Huntford
Roland Huntford is the former Scandinavian correspondent for the London Observer. He is the bestselling author of two critically acclaimed biographies of Ernest Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen as well as the novel Sea of Darkness. He lives in Cambridge, England.
Paul Theroux’s highly acclaimed novels include Blinding Light, Hotel Honolulu, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, and The Mosquito Coast. His renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.
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