Review of Race for the South Pole: the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen, by Roland Huntford
Roland Huntford is the grand old man among polar historians. After his classic Scott and Amundsen in 1979 (later editions were retitled, The last place on Earth), he wrote a series of books on Norwegian and British polar heroes as well as a thorough study of the history of skiing (2006). Huntford ch...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2621 2024-09-09T20:04:27+00:00 Review of Race for the South Pole: the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen, by Roland Huntford Jølle, Harald Dag 2012-06-07 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621/pdf_1 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621/html https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621/5999 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621 doi:10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741 Polar Research; Vol 31 (2012) 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z Roland Huntford is the grand old man among polar historians. After his classic Scott and Amundsen in 1979 (later editions were retitled, The last place on Earth), he wrote a series of books on Norwegian and British polar heroes as well as a thorough study of the history of skiing (2006). Huntford challenged the British admiration of Robert Falcon Scott’s scientific programme and great courage*and insisted that Roald Amundsen’s expedition was far better prepared and carried out. Huntford’s scathing criticism of Scott’s fatal choices and lack of competence dared to assault this cherished British polar icon in a manner that would be unthinkable for Norwegian authors.(Published: 7 June 2012)Citation: Polar Research 2012, 31, 18741, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741 Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Research South pole Polar Research Roland ENVELOPE(-64.050,-64.050,-65.067,-65.067) South Pole Polar Research 31 1 18741 |
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Roland Huntford is the grand old man among polar historians. After his classic Scott and Amundsen in 1979 (later editions were retitled, The last place on Earth), he wrote a series of books on Norwegian and British polar heroes as well as a thorough study of the history of skiing (2006). Huntford challenged the British admiration of Robert Falcon Scott’s scientific programme and great courage*and insisted that Roald Amundsen’s expedition was far better prepared and carried out. Huntford’s scathing criticism of Scott’s fatal choices and lack of competence dared to assault this cherished British polar icon in a manner that would be unthinkable for Norwegian authors.(Published: 7 June 2012)Citation: Polar Research 2012, 31, 18741, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741 |
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