Blizzard - Race To The Pole

BBC Books, London, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 288 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Some foxing on the edge of the boards.. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. At the beginning of the last century, reaching the South Pole was the greatest terrestrial journey left to man. By the spring of 1912, the race was over-Robert Falcon Scott was dead and Roald Amundsen, the victor, was on his way home. Ever since, a debate has raged over whether Scott was an arrogant incompetent or whether he was the victim of bad luck. This book attempts to answer the question by re-running the race. Two teams, among the world's greatest adventurers, will be equipped entirely in the style of the original expeditions. The difference will be that both teams will start at the same time and from points within ten kilometers of each other. Now, for the first time, it will be possible to see whether it was luck or judgment that led Amundsen to victory and Scott to his death. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Arctic & Antarctic. ISBN: 0563493267. ISBN/EAN: 9780563493266. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3844. . 9780563493266