<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for robert falcon scott]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for robert falcon scott]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/christchurch/rss/search?query=robert%20falcon%20scott&amp;searchType=subject&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:31:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Race to the South Pole]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the team of the Terra Nova embarked on an intrepid journey to Antarctica. Their mission: to explore uncharted lands, carry out important scientific work and become the first to reach the South Pole. There was just one problem - Scott wasn't the only one with his sights on the Pole! Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had spent his whole life dreaming of polar adventure. After narrowly missing the chance to be first to the North Pole, he was determined to win the race to the South. In this two-sided story, readers will follow one man's journey before flipping the book to see things from the other side. This novel approach to storytelling encourages young readers to look at historic events from different perspectives, and to develop empathy and critical thinking as they face both triumph and tragedy in this remarkable true story.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1599742</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1599742</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart, Alexandra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1599742037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Two-sided Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[South by South]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joseph Kinsey is not a name many of us know - or not as well as we know the name Robert Falcon Scott. But from his base in Christchurch, Kinsey - book and art collector, philanthropist, science enthusiast, businessman - forged deep  connections with the Antarctic expeditions and the explorers themselves  through his tireless work as the agent for various expeditions. Two  other New Zealanders also formed close friendships: Charles Bowen, a  former politician, and Wellington lawyer Leonard Tripp, to whom Shackleton declared: 'I love you as David and Jonathan loved.'  South by South tells the story of New Zealand's role in 'the Heroic Age', that wave of exploration beginning at the end of the nineteenth century in which men set out to traverse the continent of Antarctica and, if they survived, to bring home their findings. The members of this New Zealander triumvirate were all believers in the British Empire, but the southern voyages were to an uninhabited land. South by South brings to light many letters, newspaper articles, and pieces of official correspondence, much of which has not been published before, during the five expeditions of 1901-1916: the Discovery, Nimrod, Terra Nova, Aurora, and Endurance. In particular, Scott's letters to Kinsey and Shackleton's to Tripp tell of their hope, despair, exhaustion, and deep gratitude for their friendship. What they and the explorers wrote was influenced by nineteenth-century adventure stories which conveyed the Imperialist ideals of the time. If the impending conflict of 1914-18 was a very 'literary war', this was very literary exploration.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1587153</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1587153</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ferrall, Charles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1587153037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Worst Journey in the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Geographic Adventure magazine hailed this volume as the No:1 greatest adventure book of all time. Published in 1922 by an expedition survivor, it recounts the riveting tale of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated race to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of the party, offers sensitive characterisations of each of his companions. Their journal entries complement his narrative, providing vivid perspectives on the expedition's dangers and hardships as well as its inspiring examples of optimism, strength, and selflessness. Hoping to prove a missing link between reptiles and birds, the author and his companions travelled through the dead of Antarctic winter to the remote breeding grounds of the Emperor Penguin. They crossed a frozen sea in utter darkness, dragging an 800-pound sledge through blizzards, howling winds, and average temperatures of 60 below zero. This "worst journey" was followed by the disastrous trek to the South Pole. Cherry-Garrard's compelling account constitutes a moving testament to Scott and to the other men of the expedition. This new edition of the adventure classic features several pages of vintage photographs.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1109019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1109019</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1109019037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>With Scott in Antarctica 1910-1913</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Indestructible Tom Crean]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and several others to go for help.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1403659</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1403659</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thermes, Jennifer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1403659037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widows of the Ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[This story begins with perhaps one of the most iconic moments in British history: the death of Scott of the Antarctic. But it continues where previous histories have stopped. Unlike other books about the famous expedition, which has become such a powerful symbol of heroic failure and British bravery, Widows of the Ice examines the rest of the human story. Uniquely, it shows how the expedition affected the people closest to its members, beyond the British public who came to lionize them. These were the wives and families left behind by their brave, dead men. As Scott wrote in his last letter, 'I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.' But what was behind this extraordinary type of bravery, where death sometimes seemed more honorable than success? And how much did those who loved and depended on the explorers support their endeavors, when it meant that they could lose everything? Widows of the Ice not only provides a fascinating new account of one of modern British history's best-known events, a story that we thought we knew, but also sheds light on the culture that drove men to risk themselves in faraway lands, to inflict fear and loss of their families, which was an essential ingredient in the values of the British Empire and the nation's sense of identity until surprisingly recent times. With reference to original sources including personal diaries and letters, Widows of the Ice puts a human face to the Scot Expedition, and shows how the women left behind by their heroic husbands suffered and survived, unable to express their sadness in a country that venerated their husbands' sacrifices.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1300257</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1300257</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fletcher, Anne (Historian)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1300257037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Women That Scott&apos;s Antarctic Expedition Left Behind</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA[1912. Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen has won the race. Defeated, they set out on the 850-mile journey to their ship. Months later, Scott's tent is found, just ten miles from the depot, and the bodies within speak of hunger, the unbearable strain of hauling the sledge, and the brutal winter cold. 1969. Falcon Grey - an orphan brought up at the country estate of the explorer sent to find Scott and his companions - receives a bequest: a notebook that was found in Scott's tent. It is a diary, and it states that they were victims of murder. Falcon goes south to the ice to see it for himself, but someone is desperate to conceal the truth and will kill to keep the secrets under the ice.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1447464</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1447464</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly, Jim, 1957-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1447464037</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terra Nova]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Falcon Scott's 1910 attempt to reach the South Pole is placed in jeopardy when Edward Evans joins as his second-in-command. A clash of personalities between the two men almost prevents the Terra Nova from sailing, but they forge ahead, conscious of competing expeditions racing to the pole. On the treacherous journey across the Antarctic ice, the differences between the scientific-minded Scott and the ambitious Evans become insurmountable. Scott sends Evans back early, making the final push without him, only to find they have been beaten by the Norwegians. When Scott and his remaining men make their desperate return to base, they're met with an inexplicable shortage of supplies, leading to the tragic deaths of the entire party.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1442343</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1442343</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian, Harrison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1442343037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the White]]></title><description><![CDATA[The enthralling and harrowing true story of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, with evocative photographs, and illustrations by Sarah Lippett.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C981861</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C981861</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grochowicz, Joanna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/981861037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Scott&apos;s Antarctic Odyssey</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terra Nova]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Falcon Scott's 1910 attempt to reach the South Pole is placed in jeopardy when Edward Evans joins as his second-in-command. A clash of personalities between the two men almost prevents the Terra Nova from sailing, but they forge ahead, conscious of competing expeditions racing to the pole. On the treacherous journey across the Antarctic ice, the differences between the scientific-minded Scott and the ambitious Evans become insurmountable. Scott sends Evans back early, making the final push without him, only to find they have been beaten by the Norwegians. When Scott and his remaining men make their desperate return to base, they're met with an inexplicable shortage of supplies, leading to the tragic deaths of the entire party.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1457900</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1457900</guid><category><![CDATA[RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian, Harrison]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1457900037</comments><format>RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA[1912. Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen has won the race. Defeated, they set out on the 850-mile journey to their ship. Months later, Scott's tent is found, just ten miles from the depot, and the bodies within speak of hunger, the unbearable strain of hauling the sledge, and the brutal winter cold. 1969. Falcon Grey - an orphan brought up at the country estate of the explorer sent to find Scott and his companions - receives a bequest: a notebook that was found in Scott's tent. It is a diary, and it states that they were victims of murder. Falcon goes south to the ice to see it for himself, but someone is desperate to conceal the truth and will kill to keep the secrets under the ice.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1433963</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1433963</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly, Jim, 1957-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1433963037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Race to the Bottom of the Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, another intrepid explorer, Roald Amundsen, set his sights on the same goal. Suddenly two teams were vying to be the first to make history what was to be an expedition had become a perilous race. In 2018, Captain Louis Rudd readied himself for a similarly grueling task: the first solo crossing of treacherous Antarctica. But little did he know that athlete Colin O'Brady was training for the same trek-and he was determined to beat Louis to the finish line. For fans of Michael Tougias' The Finest Hours and Deborah Heiligman's Torpedoed, this gripping account of two history-making moments of exploration and competition is perfect for budding scientists, survivalists, and thrill seekers.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1267710</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1267710</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barone, Rebecca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1267710037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Surviving Antarctica</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Set of Heroic Skis]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Single Object is a series exploring our material culture, examining the meaning and influence of the objects that surround us in everyday life. In the fifth part of the series James Dann explores Christchurch’s ties to the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, and embarks on his own journey of discovery in pursuit of a pair of skis."]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1048397</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1048397</guid><category><![CDATA[WEBSITE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dann, James 1982-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1048397037</comments><format>WEBSITE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Great Task of Happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a biography of Kathleen Scott based on her diaries. In Paris in 1901, Kathleen learnt to sculpt with Rodin and made friends with Isadora Duncan - whose illegitimate baby she later delivered - and enagaged in a long and silent flirtation with Edward Steichen and rebuffed Aleister Crowley. A formidable woman, Kathleen was a sculptor, a confidante of Asquith during his years as prime minster, and was loved and admired by men as diverse as Max Beerbohm, George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia and the Norwegian explorer Nansen. In 1908 she married Robert Falcon Scott and after bearing Peter, the son she had longed for, helped Captain Scott to prepare for his ill-fated Antarctic expedition. She learnt of her husband's death 18 months after it had happened, in mid-ocean on her way to meet him. In 1910 she started to keep diaries for Scott to read on his return; after his death she continued writing them, covering politics, exploration, art and her friends and family. Eleven years after Captain Scott's death she married again, to Edward Hilton Young (later Lord Kennet), who was to become a cabinet minister, and had another son, Wayland. She was always independent, energetic and fond of men and babies, though her spirit was considered masculine - Shaw said that his friendship with her was the nearest he came to homosexuality.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C846168</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C846168</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Louisa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/846168037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Life of Kathleen Scott</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA["What Ship?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commemorates the centenary of the death of Captain R.F. Scott and his party on return from the South Pole in 1912 along with the mysterious arrival during the night of the ship Terra Nova to Oamaru in 1913. Myths associated with this event are discussed, eliminated and media reports questioned. The association Waitaki Boys' High School has with Antarctica along with Oamaru's on-going link with the continent is described. Harry Pennell was a Royal Navy Officer, Lieutenant and Commander of the Terra Nova Expedition. He spent only short periods in Antarctica, returning with the Terra Nova to wait out the winters of 1911 and 1912 in Lyttleton, New Zealand, and bringing fresh supplies back to Antarctica with each voyage.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1715515</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1715515</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harrowfield, David L., 1940-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1715515037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Lieutenant Harry Pennell&apos;s Antarctic Legacy : Robert Falcon Scott&apos;s British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A First Rate Tragedy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The great tragedy that befell the Scott team could have been averted if they could have trudged just 11 more miles. The Norwegian Trygge Gran found their frozen bodies close to the food depot. Diana Preston's story recounts the dramatic events.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C770806</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C770806</guid><category><![CDATA[PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Preston, Diana, 1952-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/770806037</comments><format>PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scott of the Antarctic]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the definitive biography of Captain Scott -- the pivotal figure in pre-First World War Antarctic exploration. Crane's illustrated book re-examines the courage and tragedy of Scott's expedition and reasserts his position in the pantheon of British heroes.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1719531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1719531</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Crane, David, 1942-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1719531037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scott of the Antarctic]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1911, Captain Robert Falcon Scott went back to the huge frozen wasteland of the Antarctic with the intention of reaching the South Pole by a long and terribly arduous trek across the ice. On finally reaching the Pole, Scott and his comrades were devastated to find that they had been beaten by the Norwegian explorer Amundsen. With temperatures of minus 30 degrees, they began their slow journey back to their base. Coming within 11 miles of safety, they finally succumbed to the elements and were found eight months later frozen to death. Captain Scott's diary was discovered under his shoulder, stored in a little wallet. "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hard hood, endurance, and courage of my companions, which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale ..."]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1272851</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1272851</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1272851037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Diary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Empire of Ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, "An Empire of Ice" presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Efficient, well prepared, and focused solely on the goal of getting to his destination and back, Amundsen has earned his place in history as the first to reach the South Pole. Scott, meanwhile, has been reduced in the public mind to a dashing incompetent who stands for little more than relentless perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. "An Empire of Ice" offers a new perspective on the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century by looking at the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow. By focusing on the larger purpose, Edward Larson deepens our appreciation of the explorers' achievements, shares little-known stories, and shows what the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery was really about.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C864517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C864517</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larson, Edward J. 1953-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/864517037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Empire of Ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, "An Empire of Ice" presents a fascinating new take on Antarctic exploration. Retold with added information, it's the first book to place the famed voyages of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context. Efficient, well prepared, and focused solely on the goal of getting to his destination and back, Amundsen has earned his place in history as the first to reach the South Pole. Scott, meanwhile, has been reduced in the public mind to a dashing incompetent who stands for little more than relentless perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. "An Empire of Ice" offers a new perspective on the Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth century by looking at the British efforts for what they actually were: massive scientific enterprises in which reaching the South Pole was but a spectacular sideshow. By focusing on the larger purpose, Edward Larson deepens our appreciation of the explorers' achievements, shares little-known stories, and shows what the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery was really about.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C859342</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C859342</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Larson, Edward J. 1953-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/859342037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Reached the South Pole First?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Follows the stories of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott, as they race across Antarctica toward the South Pole.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C715216</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C715216</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Llanas, Sheila Griffin, 1958-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/715216037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott]]></title><description><![CDATA[Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains and formations of ice and snow, and photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen - initially fought over, neglected, then lost - until now, that is. For the first time, they are resurrected and are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C728398</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C728398</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson, David McKenzie, 1931-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/728398037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Return]]></title><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C737338</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C737338</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gouldthorpe, Peter, 1954-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/737338037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Captain Scott&apos;s Race to the Pole</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still Life is a unique and hauntingly beautiful photographic study of the Antarctic huts that served as expedition bases for explorations led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. At the turn of the twentieth century Antarctica was the focus of one of the last great races of exploration and discovery. Known as the 'heroic age', from 1895 to 1917 Antarctic explorers set off from their huts in search of adventure, science and glory but some, such as Scott, were never to return. The World Wars intervened and the huts were left as time capsules of Edwardian life; a portrait of King Edward VII hangs amid seal blubber, sides of mutton, a jar of gherkins, penguin eggs, cufflinks and darned trousers. One of New Zealand's best known photographers, Jane Ussher, was invited by the Antarctic Heritage Trust to record 'the unusual, the hidden and minutiae of these sites'. The Executive Director of the Trust, Nigel Watson, provides a fascinating introduction to the history and atmosphere of each hut and detailed photographic captions. Key points: features Discovery Hut (used by both Scott and Shackleton), Shackleton's Hut and Scott's Hut on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound; unique and intimate glimpse into the lives of Antarctic explorers, a subject that holds great fascination for readers worldwide; large format and seven gatefolds display Jane Ussher's intriguing and evocative photography with stunning impact.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C691738</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C691738</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ussher, Jane, 1953-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/691738037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Race to the End]]></title><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C724827</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C724827</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacPhee, R. D. E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/724827037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Scott, Amundsen and the South Pole</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Longest Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott's Northern Party played an integral role in his iconic last expedition, but how did they survive? Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy which befell Scott. Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished and the ship had failed to pick them up as planned. Gale-force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded and desperate, the six men of the Northern Party faced disaster. Searching out a snow-drift they burrowed inside. Lieutenant Victor Campbell drew a line across the floor in the gloom to establish naval order: three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. A birthday was celebrated with a carefully hoarded biscuit and they sang hymns every Sunday, so what kept these men going? Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred and a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible and somehow they made it through the longest winter. To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that the Polar Party must be dead and hoped that another six men would not be added to the death toll. Working from expedition diaries, journals and letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scott's other expedition.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C681543</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C681543</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hooper, Meredith, 1939-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/681543037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Scott&apos;s Other Heroes</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>