THE HISTORY of Antarctic exploration is a curious story of bursts of activity succeeded by long periods of apathy and neglect.
An edition of A First Rate Tragedy
(1997)
A first rate tragedy
Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions
by Diana Preston
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On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought -- the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between those of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies that might have saved them. The remaining two members of the party were nowhere in sight, but Scott's eloquent diary revealed their nightmarishly similar fate. It is a story that continues to haunt the popular imagination, and which has never been told more grippingly or with greater compassion than in this book.
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British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904), British Antarctic (""Terra Nova"") Expedition (1910-1913), Travel, Discovery and exploration, British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913), Scott, robert falcon, 1868-1912, South pole, British antarctic ("terra nova") expedition (1910-1913), Antarctica, discovery and exploration, Journeys, Discoveries in geography, Ontdekkingsreizen, British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) fast (OCoLC)fst01405157, British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) fast (OCoLC)fst01405225Places
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A First Rate Tragedy
January 2003, ISIS Large Print Books
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A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions
November 2001, ISIS Audio Books
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0753154684 9780753154687
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A First Rate Tragedy
March 1, 1999, Constable and Robinson
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0094795304 9780094795303
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
November 10, 1999, Mariner Books
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0618002014 9780618002016
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
November 1998, Houghton Mifflin Company
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0395933498 9780395933497
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A first rate tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions
1997, Constable
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0094763801 9780094763807
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