Scott of the Antarctic : we shall die like gentlemen
Blackhall, Susan2012
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Place reservation for Scott of the Antarctic : we shall die like gentlemenCaptain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold. Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in peacetime Victorian Britain, where opportunities for career advancement were both limited and keenly sought after by ambitious officers. It was the chance for personal distinction that led Scott to apply for the Discovery command, rather than any predilection for polar exploration. However, having taken this step, his name became inseparably associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final twelve years of his life. Following the news of his death, Scott became an iconic British hero, a status maintained and reflected today by the many permanent memorials erected across the nation. Sue Blackhall reassesses his life and the causes of the disaster that ended his and his comrades' lives, and the extent of Scott's personal culpability. From a previously unassailable position, Scott has became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character. However, more recent research has on the whole regarded Scott more positively, emphasising his personal bravery and stoicism while acknowledging his errors, but ascribing his expedition's fate primarily to misfortune.
Main title:
Scott of the Antarctic : we shall die like gentlemen / by Sue Blackhall.
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Imprint:
South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword, 2012.
Collation:
170 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 169-170)
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Moulding of an Explorer2.The First Steps3.An Expedition in the Making4.The Discovery Expedition5.Plans to Conquer the South Pole6.The First Stage7.Bitter Times8.The Long Winter9.The Push South10.A Testing and Tragic Trek11.An Icy Grave12.Amundsen's South Pole Success13.A Nation Mourns14.Hero or Fool?15.Words on Scott's Tragic Endeavours16.Fortunes of the Survivors17.The Mystique and Magic of the South Pole Expedition Lives On.
ISBN:
9781848846647 (paperback)
Dewey class:
910.9198
Language:
English
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BRN:
394424
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