Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South. David Crane

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      SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC

      DAVID CRANE

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

MAPS

NOTE ON DISTANCES, TEMPERATURES AND WEIGHTS

1 St Paul’s, 14 February 1913

2 Childhood and Dartmouth

3 Scott’s Navy

4 Crisis

5 Enter Markham

6 Preparations

7 South

8 Into the Ice

9 Harsh Lessons

       10 Antarctic Night

       11 Man Proposeth … God Disposeth

       12 The Southern Journey

       13 Survival

       14 A Second Winter

       15 Last Season

       16 A Long Wait

       17 Escape from the Ice

       18 The Reluctant Lion

       19 The Pull of the South

       20 Of Lions and Lionesses

       21 Marking Time

       22 Making Ready

       23 South Again

       24 Challenges

       25 Return to the Ice

       26 Depot-Laying

       27 Disaster

       28 Winter

       29 The Barrier

       30 Without Priority

       31 Ars Moriendi

       P.S. IDEAS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES …

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

       ABOUT THE BOOK

       READ ON

       EPILOGUE

       SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

       NOTES

       PRAISE

       BY THE SAME AUTHOR

       COPYRIGHT

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

       MAPS

      The known extent of Antarctica in 1893

      Present-day Antarctica

      Ross Island and McMurdo Sound

      Scott’s Southern Journey, November 1902–January 1903

      Frustration: Mist obscured the view up the inlet to a Nunatak that would have shown them that it was a glacier

      The Conquest of the Western Mountains

      The Discovery Expedition, 1901–04

      Disaster: February – March 1911

      Polar Journey, 1911–12

       NOTE ON DISTANCES, TEMPERATURES AND WEIGHTS

      Unless stated, all distances are given in geographical (i.e. nautical) miles. One geographical mile equals 1.15 statute miles, or c.2,025 yards (1,852 metres). Temperatures are given in Fahrenheit and weights in imperial measures.

       ONE St Paul’s, 14 February 1913

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