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    Reference 1283 (1637)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Huntford, Roland
    Title SCOTT AND AMUNDSEN
    Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1979. 0340195657
    Description 1st edition; 665 pages, 16 plates [108 photographs and illustrations], 13 maps, complete with notes, sources & index. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket designed by Melvyn Gill. Dust jacket has been stuck onto covers, small previous owners name on front end paper. The 1st edition was withdrawn, due to assertions & claims made & later reprinted. Expertly researched and full of material drawn from contemporary sources Huntford's book is an excellent choice if you are looking for a single history of the famous race between British Capt. Robert F. Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen. For Amundsen the race would be a world-renown triumph, for Scott a failure that would cost him his life.
    Price £40.00
    Keywords south pole, race, expedition. S1-Ant
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