Journals: Captain Scott's Last ExpeditionOxford University Press, UK, 12/10/2006 - 529 páginas 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 |
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List of Illustrations | xiii |
Abbreviations | xv |
Introduction | xvii |
Composition and Publication History | xlii |
Select Bibliography | xlix |
A Chronology of Robert Falcon Scott and Scotts Last Expedition | liv |
SCOTTS LAST EXPEDITION | 1 |
THROUGH STORMY SEAS | 9 |
IN WINTER QUARTERS MODERN STYLE | 194 |
TO MIDWINTER DAY | 210 |
AWAITING THE CROZIER PARTY | 234 |
THE RETURN OF THE SUN | 261 |
PREPARATIONS THE SPRING JOURNEY | 282 |
THE LAST WEEKS AT CAPE EVANS | 295 |
SOUTHERN JOURNEY THE BARRIER STAGE | 312 |
ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER | 343 |
IN THE PACK | 28 |
LAND | 61 |
SETTLING IN | 81 |
DEPÔT LAYING TO ONE TON CAMP | 103 |
ADVENTURE AND PERIL | 128 |
AT DISCOVERY HUT | 143 |
HOME IMPRESSIONS AND AN EXCURSION | 164 |
THE WORK AND THE WORKERS | 176 |
THE SUMMIT JOURNEY TO THE POLE | 356 |
THE RETURN FROM THE POLE | 380 |
THE LAST MARCH | 399 |
Appendix | 423 |
Explanatory Notes | 472 |
Glossary of Names | 506 |
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