A First Rate Tragedy: A Brief History of Captain Scott's Antarctic ExpeditionsLittle, Brown Book Group, 16.02.2012 - 384 Seiten On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies which might have saved them. |
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Maps Introduction | |
The Early Heats of the Great Race | |
Scott The Early Days | |
Ready Aye Ready | |
Childe Harold to the Dark Tower Came | |
Captain Scott in Love | |
A Matter of Honour | |
Am Going South Amundsen | |
Stewed Penguin Breast and Plum Pudding | |
Winter | |
Miserable Utterly Miserable | |
We Have Got To Face It Now | |
What Castles One Builds | |
Poor Old Shackleton | |
Little Human Insects | |
The Reluctant Celebrity | |
God Help Us 16 Had We Lived | |
Bibliography | |
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole Diana Preston Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |