A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole (Taschenbuch) von Diana Preston   Rezensionen: British explorer Robert F. Scott spent three years exploring the Antarctic, returning to England a hero in 1904. His ambition was to be the first man to reach the South Pole, and he overcame innumerable obstacles to assemble another expedition, which left in 1910. Scott and three of his men did reach the pole, only to discover that Norwegian Roald Amundsen had been there only five weeks earlier. Slightly more than two months later, Scott and his companions died in their tents, their bodies--and Scott's diaries--found eight months later by a search party. This account of Scott, having followed the explorer from childhood through his naval training and marriage, gives us at the end not only a national symbol but a fully developed tragic hero. Diana Preston commendably ventures beyond the longstanding myth, including material that shows how Scott's decisions and faulty judgements ultimately sealed his fate.-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Rate ,  Tragedy ,  Robert  ab 1 Euro! Sonstige Artikel: The Roots - The Roots present von The Roots Atlas des Zweiten Weltkriegs Vom Polenfeldzug bis zur Schlacht um Berlin (Gebundene Ausgabe) von David Jordan, Andrew Wiest, Caroline Klima Mehr Umsatz in der Gastronomie und Hotellerie (Broschiert) Mehr zu  Biographies & Memoirs,  Polar Regions,  England,  20th Century,  Expeditions & Discoveries,  World,  Geography Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)