The Great White South: Traveling with Robert F. Scott's Doomed South Pole Expedition (Paperback)

~ Herbert Ponting (Author)

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Product Description

175 photos illustrate this account by photographer Ponting of his journey with Capt. Robert Scott to the Antarctic, a voyage from which Scott did not return.

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press (January 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815411618
• ISBN-13: 978-0815411611
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,424,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful account, December 9, 2007

By	Mr. A. Mc Rae "Vinyl Obsessive" (England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ponting's book is an absolute must for anyone interested in Scott's Last Expedition. His narrative is witty and engaging throughout, whether it be concerned with his fellow travellers and their experiences, or related to the native wildlife - his chapters on seals and penguins are a particular delight.

The only downside to this edition is that the publishers unaccountably saw fit to provide a platform for another of Roland Huntford's incredibly tiresome and bitter rants about Captain Scott himself, by inviting him to contribute an unworthy, though mercifully short, introduction. Huntford's by now largely discredited iconoclasm despoils some of the dignity and freshness of Ponting's own work. Just ignore it and enjoy Ponting himself.