The Voyage of the Discovery: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (Volume I) [Hardcover]

Robert F. Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 2001

Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died near the South Pole in 1912, initially won his fame with a remarkable trip to Antarctica in 1901, aboard the Discovery. During this journey, Scott became the first man to see the South Polar ice cap and achieved a new 'farthest south' record. He explored the continent from the air via balloon and made a trip across the frozen wastes with Ernest Shakleton. In Voyage of the Discovery, the only work he lived to see published, Scott tells of his exciting and at times horrifying journey, in which he and his men faced blizzards, snow-blindness, the deaths of two crewmates, and a ship so trapped by ice that only dynamite could free it.

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This is a facsimile of the original 1905 two-volume chronicle of British explorer Scott's first journey to Antarctica, from 1901 to 1904. The text is buttressed with 270 photos and illustrations of everything from the ship and its crew to animals and land/ice formations encountered on the journey. This edition also sports a new introduction by the American Museum of Natural History's Ross McPhee. A classic true adventure story for academic and public libraries.
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[Scott] has a keen eye for his surroundings and, as always, travel in the southern extremes lends itself to crackerjack adventure. (Denver Post )

Capt. Scott has written a book that will have a conspicuous place among the annals of polar effort, and it is worthy of it. (The New York Times )

Captain Scott has done a splendid piece of work; not the least part of it is the production of the ablest and most interesting record of travel to which the present century has given birth. (Spectator )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 712 pages
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press (September 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815410794
• ISBN-13: 978-0815410799
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,957,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Scotts own words, June 29, 2004

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This review is from: The Voyage of the Discovery: Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (Volume I) (Hardcover)

If you want to hear Scotts own voice then these two volumes are the only ones Scott wrote, edited and knowingly published. They are a fascinating read and show Scotts thinking about Polar travel and how he came to make the decisions that, unknowingly, led to his death in his next expedition. For anyone who has only read other peoples accounts of the race for the Pole and have come away thinking Scott was incompetent, then these volumes may well change your mind. This is a story of a man putting together a scientific expedition in just one year and of what he achieved: men, equipment, aims and objectives, setting off into a totally unknown land, bringing back an enormous body of scientific knowledge that was the basis for subsequent expeditions and part of the basis of all of todays Antarctic research. Nothing like this could be done today. It is also an insight into Edwardian (English) life at the turn of the century. Read the man himself and make-up your own mind. Then read his journals of his next (1910) expedition and the accounts of his companions, especially Apsley Cherry-Garrard: The Worst Journey in the World.
The facsimile edition is excellently presented and at the special offer price is a bargain.