![]() It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition. THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out. ![]() 7 1999 by Roland Huntford (Author), Paul Theroux (Introduction) 527 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 202.31 Other used from 97.51 Paperback 23.00 Other new, used and collectible from 16. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. Roland Huntford The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated Paperback Illustrated, Sept. ![]() In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. ![]() At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. ![]()
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