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Scott and Amundsen : duel in the eternal ice / Rainer-K. Langner ; translated by Tim Beech.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langner, Rainer-K., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
- Scott, Robert Falcon.
- Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
- Amundsen, Roald.
- British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913).
- British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Antarctica.
- British.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- v, 232 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Haus, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Arrival of the Gladiators 1
- Chapter 2 Paths to the Cold 23
- Chapter 3 Apprenticeship amidst Snow and Ice 45
- Chapter 4 The Gauntlet or, An Ace up One's Sleeve 75
- Chapter 5 Playing with Hidden Cards 95
- Chapter 6 Meeting on the Edge of the Ice Shelf 119
- Chapter 7 Initial Preparations on the Ross Ice Shelf 143
- Chapter 8 The Route, or the Fine Art of Pragmatism 169
- Chapter 9 Triumph, Defeat and Death 201.
- ISBN:
- 9781905791088
- 1905791089
- OCLC:
- 76799003
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