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Article: The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition.
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- December 1, 2001
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THE COLDEST MARCH: SCOTT'S FATAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. By SUSAN SOLOMON. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-300-08967-8. xxii + 383 p., b&w illus., maps, appendixes, glossary, bib., index. Hardbound. US$29.95/[pounds sterling]19.95.
An expert's first reaction to seeing another book title on the expeditions of Captain Robert Falcon Scott is to expect another review of the failed expedition to the South Pole in 1911-12, its heartbreaks, hardships, effects of scurvy, frostbite, accusations about the poor planning and preparation by its leader, and the grim ending of three men slowly dying in a tent on the Ross Ice Shelf, only to be found months ...