South With Scott
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: fold-out map at rear intact.
Few accounts of polar exploration carry the visceral immediacy of South with Scott, a firsthand chronicle of one of history's most audacious and heartbreaking expeditions. Admiral Lord Mountevans — who served as second-in-command aboard Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) — presents a gripping narrative of the British assault on the South Pole, detailing the savage Antarctic terrain, the extraordinary camaraderie forged under extreme duress, and the tragic race against Amundsen's Norwegian team that would end in both glory and devastation. Written with the authority of a man who endured the ice firsthand, the account brings to life the frozen wilderness of Antarctica and the resolute men who dared to conquer it. Mountevans writes with a sailor's directness and a soldier's discipline, yet his prose is imbued with deep admiration and grief for Scott and his polar party, who perished on the return journey from the Pole in March 1912. South with Scott stands as a vital primary source in the canon of polar exploration literature, illuminating themes of duty, sacrifice, and the indomitable human spirit in the face of nature's most merciless extremes. For those captivated by tales of true adventure and historical courage, this memoir poses a haunting question: what drives men to march willingly into the white unknown, knowing they may never return?
Author: Admiral Lord Mountevans
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: fold-out map at rear intact.
Few accounts of polar exploration carry the visceral immediacy of South with Scott, a firsthand chronicle of one of history's most audacious and heartbreaking expeditions. Admiral Lord Mountevans — who served as second-in-command aboard Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) — presents a gripping narrative of the British assault on the South Pole, detailing the savage Antarctic terrain, the extraordinary camaraderie forged under extreme duress, and the tragic race against Amundsen's Norwegian team that would end in both glory and devastation. Written with the authority of a man who endured the ice firsthand, the account brings to life the frozen wilderness of Antarctica and the resolute men who dared to conquer it. Mountevans writes with a sailor's directness and a soldier's discipline, yet his prose is imbued with deep admiration and grief for Scott and his polar party, who perished on the return journey from the Pole in March 1912. South with Scott stands as a vital primary source in the canon of polar exploration literature, illuminating themes of duty, sacrifice, and the indomitable human spirit in the face of nature's most merciless extremes. For those captivated by tales of true adventure and historical courage, this memoir poses a haunting question: what drives men to march willingly into the white unknown, knowing they may never return?