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When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why. This book, in contrast, is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired, and offers a cultural history of a national obsession with polar explorers and mountaineers. It sets out to show how Scott's death in 1912 was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys to the ends of the earth.
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ISBN 10: 057114487X
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why. This book, in contrast, is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired, and offers a cultural history of a national obsession with polar explorers and mountaineers. It sets out to show how Scott's death in 1912 was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys to the ends of the earth. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR007117340
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I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English imagination
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Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. First St. Martin's Press edition. Ex-library. 8vo. Cloth binding, 372 pp. A fascinating cultural history about the human obsession with ice, Eskimos, and the polar regions. Very well-written. This particular book does not appear to have been read much, if at all. It as the usual library effects. Good in very good dustjacket, with a fresh mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 014146
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