02877nam 2200589Ia 450 991045142260332120200520144314.01-280-75291-297866107529110-19-151305-91-4294-7000-3(CKB)1000000000414388(EBL)422906(OCoLC)437109461(SSID)ssj0000189392(PQKBManifestationID)12011847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189392(PQKBWorkID)10157344(PQKB)11179862(MiAaPQ)EBC422906(Au-PeEL)EBL422906(CaPaEBR)ebr10266595(CaONFJC)MIL75291(EXLCZ)99100000000041438820030725e20042003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe last great quest[electronic resource] Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice /Max JonesOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc2004, 20031 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-280483-9 0-19-280570-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-333) and index.Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; IndexThe story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. In November 1912, a rescue party discovered their last letters and diaries, which told a story of bravery, hardship, and self-sacrifice that. shocked the world. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great VictorExplorersGreat BritainBiographyAntarcticaDiscovery and explorationBritishElectronic books.Explorers919.8904092Jones MaxDr.872947MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451422603321The last great quest1948713UNINA00738nam a2200217 i 450099100342503970753620020503191927.0990507s1936 it ||| | ita b10503092-39ule_instEXGIL120540ExLBiblioteca InterfacoltàitaMotta, Luigi274469La Malesia in fiammeMilano :S.A.D.E.L.,1936189 p. ;23 cm..b1050309202-04-1427-06-02991003425039707536LE002 Fondo Giudici M 7591LE002G-759le002-E0.00-no 00000.i1058007427-06-02Malesia in fiamme212112UNISALENTOle00201-01-99ma -itait 31