On 17 January 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and four
companions, H R Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates and Edward
Wilson, reached the South Pole. There, they found a tent pitched by
the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and in it a note for Scott, dated the
previous month. The tragic drama of the British party's return
journey, having been so cruelly beaten to the post in this chilling
race to the Pole, only became after their final camp was found in
November 1912. They were just 18 kilometers short of safety.
Scott's diary, ending with the words 'I do not think I can
write any more', gave a graphic account of their sufferings,
including the heroic suicide of Captain Oates. His comment on the
pole itself was unromantic: 'Great God! this is an awful
place.'
In this double biography, Rainer K. Langner describes a duel in the
eternal ice, a duel between planning and romanticism: 'The race
to the Pole was won in the head, it was in fact the solution of a
logistical problem. 'Everything Amundsen did, he did right: he
used dogs and skis, proceeded fast and had stored up enough energy
reserves. Scott rejected dogs, his comrades were no expert skiers
and he fatefully increased the number of men to go with him to
five. Langner descriptions and analysis are compelling reading - as
if he had been present at the time.
Ausstattung/Bilder: 2007. 232 p. w. photos and maps.
Seitenzahl: 232
Englisch
Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 22mm
Gewicht: 410g
ISBN-13: 9781905791088
ISBN-10: 1905791089
Best.Nr.: 22502760
'Langner's narrative is thorough and concise... Many readers will find the tone of Langner's narrative refreshing.' -- Paul Watkins The Times Literary Supplement
Rainer K. Langner, geb. 1942, lebt in der Nähe von Berlin als freiberuflicher Autor und Publizist, Literatur und Theaterkritiker. Er arbeitet für Presse, Hörfunk und Fernsehen. Zuletzt erschien von ihm "Duell im ewigen Eis", "Scott und Amundsen" oder "Die Eroberung des Südpols".
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