Amundsen, Roald E. The South Pole ISBN 13: 9780903983471

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Ronald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but -- due to poor preparation and miscalculation -- died with the rest of his party on their return trip. The South Pole remains one of the greatest and most important books on polar exploration.

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"Roald Amundsen planted the Norwegian flag on the South Pole on December 14, 1911: a full month before Robert Falcon Scott arrived on the same spot. Amundsen's 'The South Pole'... is less well-known than his rival's, in part because he is less of a literary stylist, but also, perhaps, because he survived the journey.

"His book is a riveting first-hand account of a truly professional expedition; Amundsen's heroism is understated, but it is heroism nonetheless."

--The Times of London, June 23 2001

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Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian polar explorer (1872-1928), was the first man to reach the South Pole. He was also the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, and later may have been the first to fly over the North Pole. While flying on a rescue mission in 1928, Amundsen was killed when his plane crashed into the Arctic Ocean.

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  • PublisherC. Hurst & Co. Ltd.
  • Publication date1976
  • ISBN 10 0903983478
  • ISBN 13 9780903983471
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages2
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Book Description Text facsimile, in one volume, of the John Murray edition of 1912, issued in two volumes. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 8vo; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxxv + (i) + 392, x + 449, incl. index; numerous plates and maps, incl. large, folding map. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn and rubbed, sunned on spine panel; bumps to bottom fore-corners; occasional minor fox spot. Very good condition. (Conrad, p. 156 [original, and facsimiles up to 1976]) "Lacking in personal charisma, Amundsen was to some extent a victim of British chauvinism, which stereotyped him as a devious foreigner not above gaining the Pole by a deceitful stratagem and, worse by far, sacrificing his dogs to do so. His complaint in later years that British schoolchildren were being taught to regard Scott as the true discoverer of the South Pole was probably no exaggeration. Today we can look back to these distant events more dispassionately, and freely give Amundsen the credit that is his due. He was a truly professional explorer who took pains to put all his theories to the test and left nothing to chance. The South Pole, which so successfully exemplifies Amundsen's philosophy of exploration, is a polar masterpiece which deserves to be in print again after so many years in limbo.". Seller Inventory # 10729

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Book Description Condition: very good. 2nd printing of 1976 Facsimile Edition. xxxv,392;x,449pp. Octavo. 2 volumes bound together. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B/W reproduction plates (one folding), in text and maps (one folding). Pages crinkled on center top edge, otherwise textblock clean and tight. Pictorial wrappers have minor rubbing, no chips or creasing. very good This new impression edition shows again how Amundsen took exploring professionally. He pain stakingly tested his theories and proved them right. A polar masterpiece giving credit to a Professional Explorer. Seller Inventory # 101578

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