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Race for the South Pole: the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen

Discover both sides of the amazing first-hand story, from the leaders of the two rival expeditions that set out to conquer the South Pole.

ISBN: 9781441126672

Author: Roland Huntford

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Race for the South Pole: the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen

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Author and authority on polar expeditions Robert Huntford weaves together the narrative from the protagonists’ own accounts of their fate.

• contains unedited diary extracts from Scott, Amundsen and Olav Bjaaland, never before translated into English
• gives a new understanding of what really happened on the ice
• definitive account of the race for the South Pole

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