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1. Biography - Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning (1872-1928): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 8
Pages
(2003-01-01)
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2. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 by Roald Amundsen, A. G. Chater | |
Paperback: 896
Pages
(2001-04-01)
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Editorial Review Book Description Before Sir Ernest Shackleton's exploration of the Antarctic waters in 1914, Captain Roald Amundsen led a courageous team through ice-chocked waters to become the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911. Read the fascinating account of his journey in The South Pole. "Roald Amundsen planted the Norwegian flag on the South Pole on December 14, 1911: a full month before Robert Falcon Scott arrived onthe same spot. Amundsen's 'The South Pole' is less well-known than his rival's, in part because he is less of a literary stylist, but also, perhaps, because he survived the journey.His book is a riveting first-hand account of a truly professionalexpedition; Amundsen's heroism is understated, but it is heroismnonetheless." At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the spring of 1911 two separate expeditions left their respective camps in Antarctica in a desperate bid to achieve the glory of being first to reach the South Pole: a British party, led by Captain R. F. Scott, and a Norwegian one under Captain Roald Amundsen. The South Pole,—Amundsen's first-hand account of the expedition,— is a fascinating and highly readable history of the tenacity and perseverance of the age. "The last of the Vikings," Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen was a powerfully built man of over six feet in height, born into a family of merchant sea captains in 1872. In 1903 he navigated the Northwest Passage in a 70-foot fishing boat. Soon afterwards he learned that Ernest Shackleton was setting out on an attempt to reach the South Pole. Shackleton abandoned his quest a mere 97 miles short of the Pole, but Amundsen began preparing his own expedition. Although this was the age of the amateur explorer, Amundsen was a professional: he left little to chance, apprenticed with Inuits, and obsessed over every detail. On October 18, 1911 Amundsen's party set out from the Bay of Whales, on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, for their final drive toward the pole. His British counterpart, Robert Falcon Scott, dependent on Siberian ponies rather than on dogs, began his trip three weeks later. While Scott clung fast to the British rule of "No skis, no dogs," Amundsen understood that both were vital to survival. Aided by exceptionally cooperative weather conditions, Amundsen's men passed the point where Shackleton was forced to turn back on December 7, and at approximately 3pm on December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole, one month before Scott's party would arrive. A polar masterpiece of history and adventure, Customer Reviews (6)
MasterPiece.
Disappointed with the Indy Publishing edition.
Amundsen was funny!
The Norwegian Method
Preparedness Leads To Success |
3. History Chapters: Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott Race to the South Pole (History Chapters) by Gare Thompson | |
Hardcover: 48
Pages
(2007-10-09)
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4. Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott: Race for the South Pole (World's Great Explorers) by Paul P. Sipiera | |
School & Library Binding:
Pages
(1991-07)
list price: US$28.20 Isbn: 0516030566 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Roald Amundsen (Great Explorers) by Enid Broderick | |
Hardcover: 48
Pages
(2002-09)
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6. Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole (World Explorers) by Leo Flaherty | |
Library Binding: 112
Pages
(1992-04)
list price: US$19.95 Isbn: 0791013081 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Amundsen & Scott's Race to the South Pole (Great Journeys) | |
Hardcover: 48
Pages
(2008-03-30)
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8. Amundsen and Scott's Race to the South Pole (Great Journeys Across Earth) by Liz Gogerly | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(2007-09)
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9. Peary and Amundsen Race to the Poles (Beyond the Horizons) by Antony Mason | |
School & Library Binding: 46
Pages
(1995-01)
list price: US$24.26 Isbn: 0811439771 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
10. Roald Amundsen: The Conquest of the South Pole (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Julie Karner | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2006-10-30)
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11. To the South Pole by Carla Frazier, Dennis Manton | |
School & Library Binding: 31
Pages
(1979-06)
list price: US$13.30 Isbn: 0839301537 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
12. The Race: A Novel of Polar Exploration by Kare Holt | |
Hardcover: 255
Pages
(1976-09)
list price: US$8.95 Isbn: 0440071984 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
13. The Expeditions of Amundsen (Exploration Through the Ages) by Richard Humble | |
School & Library Binding: 32
Pages
(1992-04)
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14. The Amundsen Photographs | |
Hardcover: 199
Pages
(1987-10)
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Customer Reviews (2)
An extraordinary book
An Excellent Record of Exploration History |
15. Judgement over the Dead: The Screenplay of the Last Place on Earth by Trevor Griffiths | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1986-04)
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16. Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford | |
Hardcover: 665
Pages
(1981-12)
list price: US$5.98 Isbn: 0399119604 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (13)
Opportunity Lost.
Cherry-Garrard: "Scott used to say that the worst part of an expedition was over when the preparation was finished"
Character assasination of Scott by professional debunker
Please read the corrective to Huntford -- by Ranulph Fiennes
Required reading for any polar scholar. |
17. Rual Amundsen: 1872-1928 (Nauchno-biograficheskaia seriia) by Vasilii Mikhailovich Pasetskii | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1997)
Isbn: 5020036242 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
18. Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole | |
Library Binding:
Pages
(1992-04)
Isbn: 0791015327 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration) by Roland Huntford | |
Paperback: 640
Pages
(1999-09-07)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com Biographer Ronald Huntford's attempt to restore Amundsen to glory, first published in 1979 under the title Scott and Amundsen, has been thawed as part of the Modern Library Exploration series, captained by Jon Krakauer (of Into Thin Air fame). The Last Place on Earth is a complex and fascinating account of the race for this last great terrestrial goal, and it's pointedly geared toward demythologizing Scott. Though this was the age of the amateur explorer, Amundsen was a professional: he left little to chance, apprenticed with Eskimos, and obsessed over every detail. While Scott clung fast to the British rule of "No skis, no dogs," Amundsen understood that both were vital to survival, and they clearly won him the Pole. Amundsen in Huntford's view is the "last great Viking" and Scott his bungling opposite: "stupid ... recklessly incompetent," and irresponsible in the extreme--failings that cost him and his teammates their lives. Yet for all of Scott's real or exaggerated faults, he understood far better than Amundsen the power of a well-crafted sentence. Scott's diaries were recovered and widely published, and if the world insisted on lionizing Scott, it was partly because he told a better story. Huntford's bias aside, it's clear that both Scott and Amundsen were valiant and deeply flawed. "Scott ... had set out to be an heroic example. Amundsen merely wanted to be first at the pole. Both had their prayers answered." --Svenja Soldovieri Customer Reviews (77)
Unbelievably Good
Scott, Huntford and the Decline of the British Empire
A Ripping Good Yarn
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The Last Place On Earth |
20. Two Against the Ice, Amundsen and Ellsworth by Theodore K. Mason | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(1982-12)
list price: US$13.95 Isbn: 0396080928 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (1)
"Two Against the Ice",an inspirational work of art |
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