the last place on earth by roland huntford

It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition. The Last Place on Earth is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out. Scott, who died along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. In this brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford reexamines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. a fascinating book.'-The New York Times 'An extraordinarily rich reading experience.'-Los Angeles Times At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. 'A remarkably vivid picture of the agonies and feuds, as well as joys, of polar exploration. THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration.

The last place on earth by roland huntford