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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. Why did Scott's meticulously laid plans finally end in disaster, while his rival, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, returned safely home with his crew after attaining the Pole only days before the British team? In a newly revised and updated version of her original book, Diana Preston, returns to Antarctica and explores why Scott's carefully planned expedition failed, ending in tragedy.
- Cover
- Author biography
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Explanatory Note
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Heats of the Great Race
- 2 Scott - The Early Days
- 3 'Ready, Aye, Ready'
- 4 'Childe Harold to the Dark Tower Came'
- 5 'Poor Old Shackleton'
- 6 'Little Human Insects'
- 7 The Reluctant Celebrity
- 8 Captain Scott in Love
- 9 A Matter of Honour
- 10 'Am Going South, Amundsen'
- 11 Stewed Penguin Breast and Plum Pudding
- 12 Winter
- 13 'Miserable, Utterly Miserable'
- 14 'What Castles One Builds'
- 15 'God Help Us'
- 16 'Had We Lived . . .'
- 17 'We Have Got To Face It Now'
- 18 The Reason Why
- Epilogue
- Sources and References
- Bibliography
- Index
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