The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford

Won the race to the South Pole because they were experienced skiers and dog-sledge drivers and had professionally prepared. The results of his research debunked the Scott myth forever. The sources pertaining to the Norwegian expedition, as well as unflinchingly sifting through the welter of material that shed light on Scott. Unlike previous English-language accounts, Huntford's painstakingly examined In England in 1979, Roland Huntford published ''Scott and Amundsen,'' an account of the race for the South Pole between the British and Norwegian explorers. Most hallowed heroes, his story taught and preached in schools and churches, his last words memorized by generations of schoolboys (''For God's sake look after our people''). Scott of the Antarctic became one of England's This small book is a reminder both of the spontaneous wave of Diana-like grief that swept England with news of Scott's death in 1912 and of the subtle way that grief was massaged and manipulated. for the future of Peter Scott and other relatives?'' Story you feel you would like to help, please would you send your contribution, however small, to the fund.

Pan, and the title is a quotation from Peter Pan's Never-Never Land wife, Wendy: ''Our sons will die like English gentlemen.'' The book climaxes with Scott's famous words, written as he layĭying in his snowbound tent: ''I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships.'' In the back of the book is a brief note: ''If after reading this little Barrie, the playwright and author of ''Peter Pan'' Scott's son was named for Peter Dedicated to Peter Scott, the dead explorer's son, it was almost certainly written by J. Published sometime around 1913 for children, the book is entitled ''Like English Gentlemen'' and tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott's death

Was something he would be happy never to see again. OctoBOOKEND / By CAROLINE ALEXANDER The Race to the Bottomįew years ago I received a book from an old friend with an accompanying note stating that although he was normally protective of the books he lent, this

The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford