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Loading... Scott of the Antarctic (1977)by Elspeth Huxley
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have read this book four or five times, and expect to read it a few more times in my lifetime. There is much to be learned here about planning, pride, loyalty, leadership and human nature. For a present day analogy between [a:Ernest Shackleton|80438|Ernest Shackleton|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1185317398p2/80438.jpg] , [a:Robert Falcon Scott|128981|Robert Falcon Scott|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg], and [a:Roald Amundsen|225399|Roald Amundsen|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg], see [a:David Brin|14078|David Brin|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1190308062p2/14078.jpg]'s talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRZG34oI7Qs on ferrying freight into space. ( ) I know among Antarctic folk, Scott is discounted as an expedition leader. But he was very human in my eyes after reading this book. _I_ wouldn't have wanted to leave Kathleen Scott and her new baby behind, to sail off to that harsh world, for the sake of my country's honor. A good read, and very sympathetic. no reviews | add a review
"What qualities does a man need in order to become a national hero? He must be a man of action; he must be brave; he must be bold; & it is a great advantage, if not a necessity, that he should die in the attempt to reach his goal." Robert Falcon Scott was such a man. He led the British Antarctic Expedition in 1911, failed by one month to be the first to plant his country's flag at the South Pole, & died on the return trip from the Pole, just 11 miles from food & shelter. In this biography, Huxley takes the view that far from being a glamorous explorer, Scott was a reluctant hero, a complex, obstinate & reticent man. "His," says Huxley, "was the conquest of self, a feat perhaps more admirable than the conquest of the Pole" No library descriptions found. |
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