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Blizzard: Race to the Pole (Hardcover)

by Jasper Rees (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; illustrated edition edition (27 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0563493267
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563493266
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 279,245 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In late 1911, the final year of the Edwardian age, a British naval captain and a Norwegian conqueror of the North-West Passage embarked on the most gruelling race ever run. Their aim was not only to lead the first expedition to the South Pole, but also to live to tell the tale. Six months later, Robert Falcon Scott and four of his party were dead, while Roald Amundsen's victory had been wired around the world. A century on, the debate still rages. Was Scott unfortunate or incompetent? Was Amundsen a genius or lucky? In a unique television experiment, two teams led by the Norwegian explorer Rune Gjeldnes and the television anthropologist Bruce Parry, star of the BBC2 series 'Tribe', set out to recreate the famous race. Wearing the same type of clothing as their predecessors, surviving on the same diet, using the same equipment and travelling over the same distance, they seek to answer some of the burning questions. 'Blizzard' is a dramatic chronicle of both the original epic, and its reconstruction. Jasper Rees's narrative skilfully intertwines past and present as he brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters. They may be separated from their predecessors by nearly a hundred years, but the modern race teams soon discover that, in polar travel, nothing changes. Among the hardships they face are uncontrollable dogs, inedible food, invisible crevasses, unimaginable cold, all in an unending prairie of snow. Incorporating the gripping diaries of Parry and Gjeldnes, "Blizzard" paints an astonishing picture of comradeship in the face of physical danger and psychological torment in the most life-threatening habitat on earth.

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4.0 out of 5 stars well worth the trip, 26 Oct 2006
By Holmbank (Shropshire) - See all my reviews
If you enjoyed the TV programme, then this book is well worth reading. I found the diary entries tedious, but the book helps to confirm that although Amundsen was a race winner , Scott was not a loser. Amundsen was confirmed to be expert , single-minded,and lucky on the day; whilst Scott was complex , opinionated and swayed by Navy 'ways'; he and his faithful courageous men, unlucky with the weather, still achieved against unimaginable odds and deserving of utmost respect. Well worth the trip
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4.0 out of 5 stars a good read, 2 Oct 2006
Adds more detail to the TV programme. Much interesting detail about the two early expeditions and well written. I would have liked to read a little about how the filming took place, perhapps this will come in a DVD of the programme?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good polar book., 30 Mar 2008
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I didn't watch the programme, but in enjoyed the book very much. There is alot of information on the original journey and the re-enactment, which is very easy to read. The only reason not five, some of the diary enteries are slighty long winded. A great book for anyone interested in polar exploration.
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