
The Coldest March
Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition
Susan Solomon(Author)
Melbourne University Press
Will be published approx. on 15. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-522-85023-9 (ISBN)
Description
This title tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his British team who in November 1911 began a trek across the snows of Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. After marching and skiing more than 900 miles, the men reached the Pole in January 1912, only to suffer the terrible realization that a group of five Norwegians had been there a month earlier. Scott and his four companions died on the return journey. Whether they were courageous heroes or tragic incompetents has been debated ever since.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
5 maps, 71 b&w figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-85023-9 (9780522850239)
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05/2013
Simon + Schuster LLC
€14.28
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Person
Susan Solomon is a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado. The leader of the National Ozone Expedition, she was honoured with the U.S. National Medal of Science for her insights in explaining the Antarctic ozone hole. Among her many other distinctions is an Antarctic glacier named in her honour.