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On the 15th June, 1910 the Terra Nova left Cardiff Docks to the cheers of a huge crowd, sailing into maritime history and carrying the hopes of a nation. The old whaler had been cleaned, painted and fitted out for the voyage of a lifetime to the coldest place on earth, the frozen sea ice of the Antarctic. Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole was under way, after many months of planning, fund raising and preparation. The men of the Terra Nova Expedition risked their lives in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and exploration, sailing through the most dangerous waters on Earth. In 1910 there were still many unanswered questions about Antarctica, so Captain Scott recruited the largest team of scientists ever to visit the continent and they returned with over forty thousand zoological and geological specimens which are held in the British Natural History Museum collection.This illustrated book tells the story of the Terra Nova from her launch in 1884 to her sinking off the coast of Greenland in 1943, through many first-hand accounts, including the letters and journals of many who sailed on her. Also included are the seven recently discovered letters from Wilfred Bruce, member of the 1910 expedition and brother of Scott's wife Kathleen.In the foreword to the book, Captain Scott's granddaughter Dafila Scott writes: A hundred years after my grandfather Captain Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, it is now possible to assess not only the tragedy of the deaths of the polar party but also the scientific legacy of the expedition, which was considerable. In this book, Tony Riches gives an account of the expedition and its scientific legacy but focuses first on the interesting history of the Terra Nova, the expedition ship, which proved suitable if leaky for its purpose in the Southern Ocean. He also draws attention to letters written by one of the crew members, Captain Scott's brother-in-law, Wilfred Bruce, which give a first hand account of life on the Terra Nova and include vivid descriptions of different periods during the expedition. These help one to imagine what it was like to be there.… (más)
Don't get me wrong. The most memorable thing the S. S. Terra Nova ever did was take Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica. It was an event well worthy of a book. Just -- not every book. I know of three books about the Terra Nova: this one, Michael Tarver's The S. S. Terra Nova, and With Scott to the Pole, which is basically a photo collection. There are also, of course, many books about Scott and the expedition in which the Terra Nova is secondary. And all of them focus the vast majority of their content on Scott's expedition, which represents just five percent of the ship's career.
But the Terra Nova was more than a ship that went to Antarctica. She actually went to the Antarctic twice, and also helped rescue an Arctic expedition. And she was the very last of the whaling steamers built in Dundee. And she was for many years the ship of Abram Kean, the commodore of Newfoundland's sealing fleet -- and, as such, she was the ship which had George Allan England aboard when he wrote Vikings of the Ice, the only eyewitness account of the seal hunt as it was conducted from the sealing steamers. There is a Newfoundland song explicitly about an accident aboard her (called "The Terra Nova"). There are many other Newfoundland songs which mention her, including "The Old Polina," one of the greatest of all Newfoundland songs. And she sank, after 58 years of service all over the world, while carrying cargo in World War II -- arguably her fifth different career.
Author Riches alludes to some of that -- e.g. mentioning Abram Kean once, although in a way that hardly makes clear the achievements of the only man ever to take a million seals (not something I'd call a good thing -- sealing was horrible -- but definitely an historic event), and describing the discovery of her wreck in 2012. But insofar as this tiny little book is about anything, it's about Scott's expedition.
Is that bad? Not really. Riches probably had a contract for a short book, and there isn't much he could do in such a tiny space, especially since he included a number of letters from Wilfred Bruce, a member of Scott's expedition that until now were not widely available. But it's rather sad. I'm glad to see the Terra Nova get another book. I'd wish she could get a book that is about all of her career. ( )
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This book is dedicated to the men of the Terra Nova expedition who risked their lives in pursuit of scientific knowledge and exploration, sailing through the most dangerous waters on Earth. In 1910 there were still many unanswered questions about Antarctica, so Scott recruited the largest team of scientists ever to visit the continent and they returned with over forty thousand zoological and geological specimens which are held in the British Natural History Collection. The Terra Nova expedition discovered over four hundred species of animals and plants that were previously unknown to science and recorded valuable scientific data that made a significant contribution to our understanding of Antarctica. they also produced the longest unbroken record of Antarctica's meteorological data, which is still the baseline for records to this day.
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On the 15th of June, 1910, the Terra Nova left Cardiff Docks to the cheers of a huge crowd, sailing into maritime history and carrying the hopes of a nation.
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On the 15th June, 1910 the Terra Nova left Cardiff Docks to the cheers of a huge crowd, sailing into maritime history and carrying the hopes of a nation. The old whaler had been cleaned, painted and fitted out for the voyage of a lifetime to the coldest place on earth, the frozen sea ice of the Antarctic. Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole was under way, after many months of planning, fund raising and preparation. The men of the Terra Nova Expedition risked their lives in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and exploration, sailing through the most dangerous waters on Earth. In 1910 there were still many unanswered questions about Antarctica, so Captain Scott recruited the largest team of scientists ever to visit the continent and they returned with over forty thousand zoological and geological specimens which are held in the British Natural History Museum collection.This illustrated book tells the story of the Terra Nova from her launch in 1884 to her sinking off the coast of Greenland in 1943, through many first-hand accounts, including the letters and journals of many who sailed on her. Also included are the seven recently discovered letters from Wilfred Bruce, member of the 1910 expedition and brother of Scott's wife Kathleen.In the foreword to the book, Captain Scott's granddaughter Dafila Scott writes: A hundred years after my grandfather Captain Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, it is now possible to assess not only the tragedy of the deaths of the polar party but also the scientific legacy of the expedition, which was considerable. In this book, Tony Riches gives an account of the expedition and its scientific legacy but focuses first on the interesting history of the Terra Nova, the expedition ship, which proved suitable if leaky for its purpose in the Southern Ocean. He also draws attention to letters written by one of the crew members, Captain Scott's brother-in-law, Wilfred Bruce, which give a first hand account of life on the Terra Nova and include vivid descriptions of different periods during the expedition. These help one to imagine what it was like to be there.
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Don't get me wrong. The most memorable thing the S. S. Terra Nova ever did was take Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica. It was an event well worthy of a book. Just -- not every book. I know of three books about the Terra Nova: this one, Michael Tarver's The S. S. Terra Nova, and With Scott to the Pole, which is basically a photo collection. There are also, of course, many books about Scott and the expedition in which the Terra Nova is secondary. And all of them focus the vast majority of their content on Scott's expedition, which represents just five percent of the ship's career.
But the Terra Nova was more than a ship that went to Antarctica. She actually went to the Antarctic twice, and also helped rescue an Arctic expedition. And she was the very last of the whaling steamers built in Dundee. And she was for many years the ship of Abram Kean, the commodore of Newfoundland's sealing fleet -- and, as such, she was the ship which had George Allan England aboard when he wrote Vikings of the Ice, the only eyewitness account of the seal hunt as it was conducted from the sealing steamers. There is a Newfoundland song explicitly about an accident aboard her (called "The Terra Nova"). There are many other Newfoundland songs which mention her, including "The Old Polina," one of the greatest of all Newfoundland songs. And she sank, after 58 years of service all over the world, while carrying cargo in World War II -- arguably her fifth different career.
Author Riches alludes to some of that -- e.g. mentioning Abram Kean once, although in a way that hardly makes clear the achievements of the only man ever to take a million seals (not something I'd call a good thing -- sealing was horrible -- but definitely an historic event), and describing the discovery of her wreck in 2012. But insofar as this tiny little book is about anything, it's about Scott's expedition.
Is that bad? Not really. Riches probably had a contract for a short book, and there isn't much he could do in such a tiny space, especially since he included a number of letters from Wilfred Bruce, a member of Scott's expedition that until now were not widely available. But it's rather sad. I'm glad to see the Terra Nova get another book. I'd wish she could get a book that is about all of her career. (