Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912)
Autor de Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals
Sobre El Autor
After an initial expedition to Antarctica, the Briton Robert Scott reached the South Pole in 1912 only to find that the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had beaten him by a month. Scott and his party perished in a blizzard on the return trip. It was not until the following spring that their bodies mostrar más and scientific documents were recovered. The documents were published in two books that are valuable as records of scientific research and as human documents. Scott's Last Expedition (1913) is his own classic diary of the tragedy, together with scientific material gathered on the journey. "Captain Scott kept a precise diary of the bitter days of his last journey South. His hands and feet crippled by frostbite, his eyes and mind befuddled by Antarctic blizzard, he traveled on to final defeat---and, in a way, magnificent triumph. Coming to the South Pole area itself, Scott was overwhelmed to learn that he had been preceded by the Norwegian. He knew full well the shattering implications in terms of personal and national prestige. But, gentleman to the end, he dutifully picked up Amundsen's message to the world (left at the South Pole in case Amundsen did not make it home successfully), and this eventually was conveyed to the King of Norway as proof that the Norwegian had beaten the Briton. Scott's was an act that could have been performed only by a man of honor. It is on the return trip that Scott's diary reaches a poignancy seldom matched in exploration writing" (Saturday Review). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Source: 1912 newspaper "The Sphere"
Series
Obras de Robert Falcon Scott
The Voyage of the Discovery, Volume I: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (1905) 40 copias
The Voyage of the Discovery, Volume II: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (1905) 22 copias
Scotts siste ferd : utdrag av kaptein Robert F. Scotts dagbok under ferden til Sydpolen (2012) 6 copias
Scott's sidste rejse 3 copias
South Polar Times 3 copias
Scott's last expedition vol. 2 1 copia
The Last Month 1 copia
Дневник полярного капитана 1 copia
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1 copia
R. Scotti viimne ekspeditsioon 1 copia
L'ultima spedizione 1 copia
La "Discovery" au Pôle Sud... 1 copia
World Explorer, A 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1868-06-06
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1912-03-29
- Lugar de sepultura
- Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK (birth)
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Devonport, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
- Educación
- Stubbington House School, Hampshire
Naval Cadet Programme, HMS Britannia - Ocupaciones
- naval officer
- Relaciones
- Scott, Kathleen (wife)
Scott, Peter (son)
Amundsen, Roald (rival) - Organizaciones
- Royal Navy
- Premios y honores
- CVO
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 37
- También por
- 10
- Miembros
- 875
- Popularidad
- #29,266
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 79
- Idiomas
- 8
Este diario, sin duda, arroja algo de luz sobre este tema y, una lectura atenta e imparcial de sus notas, resuelve definitivamente el debate abierto hace cien años sobre los errores humanos y de organización de esta expedición.Completando esta lectura con la de Polo Sur, de Roald Amundsen, no sería de extrañar que hasta los más obstinados partidarios o detractores de ambos, cambiaran sus opiniones.… (más)