The coldest March :

Solomon, Susan (Atmospheric chemist)

The coldest March : Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition / Susan Solomon. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001. - xxii, 383 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-375).

Machine generated contents note: PROLOGUE -- The Hut at the Bottom of the World 1 -- ONE -- Into the Pack 5 -- TWO -- Of Dogs and Men 18 -- THREE -- The Return 45 -- FOUR -- The Safety of Supplies 71 -- FIVE -- The Start of a "Coreless" Winter 103 -- six -- For the Love of Science 131 -- SEVEN -- In the Footsteps of Shackleton 157 -- EIGHT -- Beyond the H of Hell 181 -- NINE -- This Awful Place 207 -- TEN -- Sunset on the Barrier 232 -- ELEVEN -- The Anguish of Helplessness 247 -- TWELVE -- In Search of Explanations 263 -- THIRTEEN -- A Chillingly Unusual Month 286 -- FOURTEEN -- The Winds of Chance and Choice 307 -- EPILOGUE -- The Worst Weather in the World 328 -- APPENDIX ONE -- The Men of the Mission 331 -- APPENDIX TWO -- A Timeline of Interconnected Lives 333 -- Notes 337 -- Glossary 369 -- Selected Bibliography 373 -- Index 377.

0300089678 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 --Travel--Antarctica.


British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)


Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
South Pole--Discovery and exploration.

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