Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of HeroismThis book covers the two most famous expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914-16. For decades after his tragic death on the return journey from the South Pole, to which he had been beaten by five weeks by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott was regarded as a saint-like figure with an unassailable reputation born from his heroic martyrdom in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic. In recent years, however, Scott has attracted some of the most intense criticism any explorer has ever received. Shackleton's reputation, meanwhile, has followed a reverse trajectory. Although his achievements were always appreciated, they were never celebrated with nearly the same degree of adulation that traditionally surrounded Scott. |
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... Frank Hurley , whose Argonauts of the South appeared in 1925. In it Hurley related his experiences not only under Shackleton , but also under the Australian explorer Douglas Mawson , on whose expedition to King George V Land he had ...
... Frank Hurley's photographs . Born in a suburb of Sydney in 1885 , Hurley ran away from home at thirteen and took a job in an ironworks . There he befriended the foreman , who was a keen amateur photographer . Shortly thereafter , Hurley ...
... Frank Hurley , Argonauts of the South ( New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1925 ) , p . 151 . 22 Shackleton , South , PP . 35-6 . 23 Alexander , Endurance , p . 44 . 24 Thomson , Elephant Island and Beyond , p . 62 . 25 ...
Contents
Scott Shackleton and Antarctic Exploration before | 1 |
The Discovery Expedition and its Context 19011904 | 21 |
The Nimrod Expedition 19071909 | 47 |
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Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism Stephanie Barczewski No preview available - 2009 |