Captain Scott

Author : Dr. David M. Wilson
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316193585
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott written by Dr. David M. Wilson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myth of Scott of the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, icon of fortitude and courage who perished with his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole on March 29th, 1912, is an enduring one, elevated, dismantled and restored during the turbulence of the succeeding century. Until now, the legend of the doomed Terra Nova expedition has been constructed out of Scott's own diaries and those of his companions, the sketches of 'Uncle Bill' Wilson and the celebrated photographs of Herbert Ponting. Yet for the final, fateful months of their journey, the systematic imaging of this extraordinary scientific endeavor was left to Scott himself, trained by Ponting. In the face of extreme climactic conditions and technical challenges at the dawn of photography, Scott achieved an iconic series of images; breathtaking polar panoramas, geographical and geological formations, and action photographs of the explorers and their animals, remarkable for their technical mastery as well as for their poignancy. Lost, fought over, neglected and finally resurrected, Scott's final photographs are here collected, accurately attributed and catalogued for the first time: a new dimension to the last great expedition of the Heroic Age and a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

Author : Ladybird Ladybird
Publisher : Ladybird Books
ISBN 13 : 9780718196790
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Scott - A Ladybird Book written by Ladybird Ladybird and published by Ladybird Books. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Scott, a Ladybird Adventure from History was originally published in 1963. This adventure from history tells the story of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole - the courage, determination and devotion of five very brave men, who faced many challenges and who sacrificed their lives in a great adventure. This new edition of this beautifully illustrated book marks the 100th anniversary of Scott's expedition and is exactly the same as the original. The events of the fateful expedition are carefully explained and illustrated with twenty-four full page images.

Author : Robert Falcon Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voyage of the 'Discovery' written by Robert Falcon Scott and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04, leader R.F. Scott.

Author : Margot Dixon
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039188664
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Scott's Scrapbook written by Margot Dixon and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amongst the family albums her mother had kept, Margot Dixon found something very curious—Captain Samuel F. Scott’s old scrapbook. Who was this man? And why did her family have his scrapbook? As she read through the book, full of one-of-a-kind documents, she soon realized this intriguing scrapbook was much more than a family curiosity. From the items within the scrapbook and Margot’s own research, a fascinating story emerged, one of a life on the high seas in the late nineteenth century, sailing across some of the most dangerous waters, facing storms, shipwrecks, illness, war, mutiny, and tragedy. Born in New Brunswick, Captain Scott, along with his family, sailed across the world for various shipping companies. While sailing from England to India, his wife and two of his children tragically died. Returning to Canada, he remarried and, with his family in tow, sailed three times across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But, after years at sea and another tragedy, Captain Scott turned to gold mining in British Columbia, then explored business opportunities along the west coast of Canada and the United States before his untimely death. Based on the documents in Captain Scott’s original scrapbook, collected during his lifetime, 1847–1905, and then transcribed by Margot, Captain Scott’s Scrapbook provides an intimate account of one of Canada’s most remarkable post-confederate shipmasters.

Author : Anne Strathie
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752478710
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birdie Bowers written by Anne Strathie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers realised his life’s ambition when he was selected for Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic, yet he also met his death on the journey. Born to a sea-faring father and adventurous mother on the Firth of Clyde, Bowers’ boyhood obsession with travel and adventure took him round the world several times and his life appears, with hindsight, to have been a ceaseless preparation for his ultimate, Antarctic challenge. Although just 5ft 4in, he was a bundle of energy; knowledgeable, indefatigable and the ultimate team player. In Scott’s words, he was ‘a marvel’. This new biography, drawing on Bowers’ letters, journals and previously neglected material, sheds new light on Bowers and tells the full story of the hardy naval officer who could always lift his companions’ spirits.

Author : Charles Turley
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voyages of Captain Scott written by Charles Turley and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Voyages of Captain Scott retells the stories of the Discovery Expedition and the Terra Nova Expedition of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. "The Voyage of the Discovery" is an account of Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, also known as the Discovery Expedition. This expedition carried out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. "Scott's Last Expedition" is an account of the British Antarctic Expedition which took place between 1910 and 1913, also known as the Terra Nova Expedition. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901–04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. Scott's entire party died on the return journey from the pole; some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later.

Author : Isobel Williams
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752477609
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Scott's Invaluable Assistant: Edgar Evans written by Isobel Williams and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petty Officer Edgar Evans was Captain's Scott's 'giant worker' and his 'invaluable assistant'. He went with Scott on both the British Antarctic Expeditions of the early 1900s – the 'Discovery' expedition of 1901 and the 'Terra Nova' expedition in 1910 – distinguishing himself on both. In 1903, with Scott, Edgar made the first long and arduous sortie onto the Plateau of Victoria Land. The journey highlighted Edgar's common sense, strength, courage, wit and unflappability. Thus it came as no surprise when, in 1911, Edgar was chosen by Scott to be one of the five men to go on the final attempt at the South Pole. Tragically the 'Welsh Giant' was the first to die on the ill-fated return, and posthumously Edgar was blamed in some quarters for causing the deaths of the whole party. It was suggested that his failure was due to his relative lack of education, which made him less able to endure the conditions than his well-educated companions. Isobel Williams repudiates this shameful suggestion and redresses the balance of attention paid to the upper and lower-deck members of Scott's famous expeditions.

Author : Charles Turley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387056745
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voyages of Captain Scott; Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition written by Charles Turley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Solomon
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300099218
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coldest March written by Susan Solomon and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the expedition of Robert Falcon Scott and his British team to the South Pole in 1912.

Author : Levi Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874223330
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wagons to the Willamette written by Levi Scott and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an arduous overland journey, Levi Scott and his son John arrived in Oregon City in November 1844. Scott joined the Jesse Applegate's 1846 expedition seeking a better, safer way through the Cascades to the Willamette Valley. Their new southern route wound through the Umpqua Valley, three mountain ranges, and the Black Rock Desert before meeting the established California Trail. Applegate recruited emigrants and while others went ahead to prepare the road, Scott led the initial wagon train west. He details a harrowing trip. Retracing the trail in 1847 and 1849, he again faced narrow escapes and deadly encounters with Native Americans. Edited and extensively annotated, Scott's unpublished autobiography has become "Wagons to the Willamette." An exceptional contribution to Oregon Trail history, it is the only first-hand account written by someone who not only searched for the southern route but also accompanied its first wagon train.