Review of Race for the South Pole: the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen, by Roland Huntford

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Jølle, Harald Dag
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2012
• Subjects: Roland; South Pole; Polar Research; South pole
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2621; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.18741

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...