CAPTAIN SCOTT.

Fiennes, R

ISBN 10: 0340826991 / ISBN 13: 9780340826997

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2004

About this Item

Signed by Author. 2004 Paperback Edition; SIGNED 508 pages, illustrated, 40 b/w and colour photographs, 9 maps. Antarctic Heritage Trust Bookplate pasted onto front cover SIGNED by Ranulph Fiennes. Previous owners neat inscription above bookplate. Appears unread. 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Signed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780340826997. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3865.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CAPTAIN SCOTT.
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340826991
• ISBN 13: 9780340826997
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Arctic & Antarctic

About this title

Synopsis

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered all but the final tragedy endured by the much maligned Scott. He is determined to put the record straight. As well as being the definitive biography of Scott, written with the full and exclusive cooperation of the Scott Estate, this book traces the way that Scott's reputation has been attacked and his achievements distorted.

About the Author

Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles (by surface travel) and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that country's Bravery Medal on active service in 1971. He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions. Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth. In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for 'human endeavour and charitable services,' because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over GBP5 million for charity.