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Captain Scott [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Sir Ranulph Fiennes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 508 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; illustrated edition edition (13 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340826975
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340826973
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 76,469 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Having experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott endured, Sir Ranulph Fiennes is well qualified to write the biography of Captain Scott; he has endured all but the final tragedy of the much-maligned Scott and is determined to set the record straight. As well as providing a biographical account of Scott's life - written with the full and exclusive co-operation of the Scott Estate, this book traces the way that Scott's reputation has been attacked and his achievements distorted.

About the Author
Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles (by surface travel) and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that country's Bravery Medal on active service in 1971. He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions.

Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth. In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for ‘human endeavour and charitable services,' because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over £5 million for charity.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book that restores Scott's reputation !, 28 Nov 2004
By A. J. Sudworth "tonysudworth" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captain Scott (Paperback)
This book is a biography of Captain Scott's ill fated attempt to reach the South Pole - but it does not read like a dry biography - more like a thriller. You know the ending but the way the story is written you get a real sense of just how close Scott came to getting home safely.
I would take the opinion of Ranaulph Fiennes on Scott over any of Scott's detractors because of what he has done himself - including a frank admission he would have died on one occaision but for modern communications.
This is a great story, well told , about a leader and his team who achieved so much in Antarctic exploration and died in the end attempting a feat of strength and courage that can rarely, if ever , be matched.
I'm delighted to have read this book and for its copious use of notes taken at the time to restore the reputation of a very brave man
Scotts last words in his note to the public make the book worth reading because they set his actions in context - read the book and see what I mean
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Reputation Restored, 30 Oct 2003
By Neil Patrick (PRESTON, Lancs. United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I cannot praise this book enough. Like many people, I had accepted the modern day version of Scott's explorations - misguided, amateurish and marred by Scott's wayward and boorishness personality, leading on to predictable tragedy.

Rannulph Fiennes proves not only that this is total nonsense, but reveals Scott as a thoughtful, caring and inspired leader, fully deserving of the heroic reputation he held until it was damaged and disparaged in recent years by a hack journalist, Roland Huntford, so desperate to add some colour and scandal to his books, he fundamentally distorted the true story of Scott and his breathtaking achievements.

Anyone interested in polar adventure, in tales of courage or in simple justice should snatch this book up. It is a tremendous read and fully deserving of its five stars.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book needed to be written, 4 Mar 2004
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I believe that R Fiennes has written a very important book.

I have been collecting Antarctic literature, for the period between 1901 - 1922 since the early eighties. I have all the journals, several biographies, many first editions and even one of Scott's first expedition signed by Peter, whom I also knew and visited in Slimbridge. I was fortunate enough to spend 17 days camped, with a friend and Argentinian colleague, just a stone's throw from Scott's hut when part of the NZ Antarctic Research Team of January 1996. I spent many, and happy, hours just sitting in the hut as I had been given the key for the whole period.

All of my "knowledge", and opinions, of this period has come from the various journals and biographies written. I do not claim any expertise, just a love of the period and of Antarctica itself .

I have never been able to understand why biographers believe that there was rivalry between Scott and Shackleton or why, in order to revere one of the explorers of this time it is necessary to pour scorn on another. Why each explorer of this period cannot be admired for their own individual contributions to Antarctic exploration. For myself, I have always regarded Scott as the amateur and Amundsen as the professional, but without denigration or honour being applied to these words. Much like the Players versus the Gentlemen in sixties cricket parlance, or ProAm golf today.

There can be no doubt that Huntford did a huge disservice to the memory of Scott without really adding anything to the understanding of polar exploration. It was as unnecessary as it was transparently erroneous. I sincerely hope that Fienne's book will be widely read, it deserves to be both for the additional material and insights it has brought to the subject as well as re-dressing the balance of Scott's achievement.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsive reading
This book was a wonderfull read. Once I started it I couldnt put it down. Ranulph Finnes is a very good... Read more
Published 7 days ago by Book Worm

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!
This is one of the best books I have read. Fiennes has rescued Captain Scott from inept and arrogant to true national hero. Read more
Published 21 days ago by NELLY

5.0 out of 5 stars Factual and entertainng - a must read
I have a personnel interest in the story of Scott having led the first military expedition to the South Pole since Scott's journey of 1912 and this was a must read for my fellow... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sean Chapple

5.0 out of 5 stars captain scott
This is excellent recording about Captain Scott and the epic trip to that god awful place in the worst winter for over half a century.
Published 3 months ago by K. Axon

1.0 out of 5 stars Title Captain Scott?? Should be Fiennes
Nice cover - and that's it!

This book is incredibly badly written - It states that it is 528 pages. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. R. Murray

4.0 out of 5 stars True Hero
If you have more than a passing interest in Captain Scott and polar exploration (or exploration in general), then this is the book for you. Read more
Published 9 months ago by tallpete33

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling - you can sense the isolation of Antarctica!
My wife selected this book for me to read. I was a little surprised by the choice as at the time I didn't read biographies and was somewhat suspicious that the authors own polar... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. K. R. Sadler

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Storm of biographies
Here we have the 'perfect storm' of biographies: a writer who has a passion to tell the truth, the ability to write gripping and vivd prose, and has actually done most of the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jim Ashton

5.0 out of 5 stars My first encounter with Antarctica
I had this book on my shelf for ages ... when, in a semi comatose state of absolute boredom I decided to give it a go. Well, within an hour I was in Antarctica. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Karenina Kew

2.0 out of 5 stars Egocentric and no substance
As a `defence' of Scott this account is feeble and to argue that only those that have man-hauled are qualified enough to make any kind of informed judgement is arrogant; Sir... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Miseri57

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