The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition
By (Author) Susan Solomon
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
15th November 2001
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: adventurers and explorers
919.89
Physical Properties
Paperback
410
Width 154mm, Height 231mm, Spine 31mm
622g
Description
This title tells the tragic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his British team who in November 1911 began a trek across the snows of Antarctica, striving to be the first to reach the South Pole. After marching and skiing more than 900 miles, the men reached the Pole in January 1912, only to suffer the terrible realization that a group of five Norwegians had been there a month earlier. Scott and his four companions died on the return journey. Whether they were courageous heroes or tragic incompetents has been debated ever since.
Author Bio
Susan Solomon is a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado. The leader of the National Ozone Expedition, she was honoured with the U.S. National Medal of Science for her insights in explaining the Antarctic ozone hole. Among her many other distinctions is an Antarctic glacier named in her honour.
