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599 pages • first pub 1979 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349113951
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Time Warner Books UK
Edition Pub Date: 07 December 2007
The Last Place on Earth is for readers who savor a reflective, measured unraveling of historical rivalry, where the austere grandeur of exploration becomes a stage for probing the moral and psychological depths of those who pursue glory at the edge of the world.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic age of exploration. In this work, Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the gret race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Sc...
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adventurous: 91%
informative: 83%
inspiring: 41%
reflective: 25%
tense: 25%
emotional: 16%
sad: 16%
hopeful: 8%
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Death599 pages • first pub 1979 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349113951
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Time Warner Books UK
Edition Pub Date: 07 December 2007
The Last Place on Earth is for readers who savor a reflective, measured unraveling of historical rivalry, where the austere grandeur of exploration becomes a stage for probing the moral and psychological depths of those who pursue glory at the edge of the world.
Description
At the beginning of the 20th century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic age of exploration. In this work, Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the gret race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Sc...
Community Reviews
Moods
adventurous: 91%
informative: 83%
inspiring: 41%
reflective: 25%
tense: 25%
emotional: 16%
sad: 16%
hopeful: 8%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death