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    Reference 37 (1921)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Fiennes, R
    Title CAPTAIN SCOTT.
    Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. 0340826975
    Description 1st Edition, 3rd impression: 508 pages, illustrated, maps, b/w and colour photos, pictorial end papers. Appears unread, contents clean. Biography of Scott. Written with the energy and style that have made Fiennes' other books so popular, 'Captain Scott' is the enthralling story of an extraordinary man. Biography written with the co-operation of the Scott Estate, and which seeks to re-establish Scott's reputation after its decline following Roland Huntford's book on Scott and Amundsen. An experienced polar traveller himself, Fiennes concludes that Scott's decisions were generally either logical, or inevitable in the circumstances, and that the catastrophe was down to extreme bad luck with the weather. Amundsen is depicted as fortunate (and duplicitous), Armitage and Cherry-Garrard as unreliable witnesses in their later years, and Oates' criticisms as the sort of grumbles many expedition members will make about their leader under the intense strain of expeditions.
    Price £10.00
    Keywords Scott, Expedition. S1-Ant
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