The last great quest : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice /

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Author / Creator:	Jones, Max, Dr.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Scott, Robert Falcon, -- 1868-1912. Scott, Robert Falcon, -- 1868-1912. Discoveries in geography -- British. Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British. Antarctica. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152660

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ISBN:	9781429470001 1429470003 9780191513053 0191513059 1280752912 9781280752919 0192804839 9780192805706
Notes:	Originally published: 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. In November 1912, a rescue party discovered their last letters and diaries, which told a story of bravery, hardship, and self-sacrifice that. shocked the world. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victor.
Other form:	Print version: Jones, Max, Dr. Last great quest. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004, ©2003 0192805703 9780192805706

Table of Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; Index.

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