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Richard Farr - Emperors of the Ice, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Emperors of the Ice

A true story of disaster and survival in the Antarctic, 1910 - 1913

Av Richard Farr

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The 'Winter Journey' of 1911 is at one level merely a fascinating lost chapter in the history of Antarctic science, but it turns out to be a key that unlocks the real meaning of one of the most mythologized and misunderstood episodes in British history, Robert Falcon Scott's alleged "race to the Pole". It's also one of the greatest survival epics of all time.In the Antarctic Winter of 1911, while waiting for Scott's main expedition to begin, three extraordinary men decided to amuse themselves with a side-expedition. They set out into the perpetual winter dark hauling two wooden sleds with a combined weight of over 700 lb. The point was to test a s new twist on Darwin's theory of natural selection by collecting and studying the incubating eggs of the Emperor penguin. It would only take a week, they thought. But everything went wrong, and only one of them would live to tell the story.Rife with captivating details of survival in an icy wilderness, and illustrated with dozens of photographs from the actual journey, this re-imagining of the famous 1910-1913 expedition, told in Cherry's voice, is an unforgettable tale of courage, camaraderie, and science at the extremes.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-03-05
  • Mått: 150 x 230 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 540 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Historic
  • Antal sidor: 206
  • Förlag: Reardon Publishing
  • Medarbetare: Nicholas Reardon
  • ISBN: 9781901037357
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Richard Farr grew up in Somerset. He is the author of the novels TheTruth About Constance Weaver (a sort of anti-mystery set in an English countryhouse in both the early eighteenth and later twentieth centuries) and thesci-fi / philosophical thriller The Babel Trilogy. A columnist for the onlinemagazine 3 Quarks Daily: Science Arts Philosophy Politics Literature, he is alsoworking on a comic novel for older children and their adults, A Plague ofFrogs, and a satirical novel strictly for the adults, Remember, Remember. In aformer life he was a philosophy professor, and he continues to mentor studentsand adults online. An avid hiker and sea-kayaker, he lives near Seattle.

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'So gripping you will not want to putit down.'-Science Teacher 'An enthralling tale.'-The Horn Book 'Compelling reading.'-Booklist 'Unforgettable.'-VOYA 'Masterful and spellbinding.'-Mountaineer Jim Wickwire, author ofAddicted to Danger A National Science TeachersAssociation Outstanding Trade Book Winner of the Scandiuzzi Prize

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