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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
A First Rate Tragedy Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
Author: Diana Preston
On November 12, 1912, a rescue party trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier found what they had set out to find: the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lying between the bodies of two fellow explorers. The remaining two members of the party were nowhere...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395933497
ISBN-10: 0395933498
Publication Date: 11/1998
Pages: 269
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I read this book only because it was handed to me and I was bored. Normally, I don't like history books but this one was great! I read the whole thing within two days. It covered the history of the Scott expedition accurately but was never dry or dull.


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