The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Exploration) by Roland Huntford, Jon Krakauer, Paul Theroux

The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Exploration)

Roland Huntford, Jon Krakauer, Paul Theroux

588 pages first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the...

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