
Journals : Captain Scott's Last Expedition.
Title:
Journals : Captain Scott's Last Expedition.
Author:
Scott, Robert Falcon.
ISBN:
9780191516672
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1153 pages)
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Composition and Publication History -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Robert Falcon Scott and Scott's Last Expedition -- SCOTT'S LAST EXPENDITION -- Preface -- British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 -- Charter I Through Stormy Seas -- Charter II In the Pack -- Chapter III Land -- Chapter IV Settling in -- Chapter V DepÔt Laying to One Ton Camp -- Chapter VI Adventure and Peril -- Chapter VII At Discovery Hut -- Chapter VIII Home Impressions and An Excursion -- Chapter IX The Work and the Workers -- Chapter X In Winter Quarters: Modern Style -- Chapter XI To Midwinter Day -- Chapter XII Awaiting the Crozier Party -- Chapter XIII The Return of the Sun -- Chapter XIV Preparations: The Spring Journey -- Chapter XV The Last Weeks at Cape Evans -- Chapter XVI Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage -- Chapter XVII On the Beardmore Glacier -- Chapter XVIII The Summit Journey to the Pole -- Chapter XIX The Return from the Pole -- Chapter XX The Last March -- Appendix -- Editor's Appendix I: 'Biographical Introduction' -- Editor's Appendix II: 'The Finding of the Dead' -- Editor's Appendix III: Significant Changes to Scott's Original -- Explanatory Notes -- Glossary of Names -- Index -- Footnotes.
Abstract:
Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. - ;'For God's sake look after our people'. Captain Scott's harrowing account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12 was first published in 1913. In his journals Scott records his party's optimistic departure from New Zealand, the hazardous voyage of theTerra Nova to Antarctica, and the trek with ponies and dogs across the ice to the Pole. On the way the explorers conduct scientific experiments, collect specimens, and get to know each other's characters. Their discovery that Amundsen has beaten them to their goal,. and the endurance with which they face an 850-mile march to safety, have become the stuff of legend. This new edition publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. In his Introduction Max Jones illuminates the Journals' writing and publication, Scott's changing reputation, and the continued attraction of heroes in our cynical age. - ;definitive...Max Jones and the publishers are to be congratulated on this new version of a classic story, and for offering it at such a reasonable price. It should be the last word for a very long time. - Polar Record 42.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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