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    Title
    The Race for the South Pole
    Subtitle
    In Their Own Words
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Roland Huntford
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 364
    Width: 156 mm
    Height: 234 mm
    Thickness: 33 mm
    Weight: 699 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781441169822
    ISBN 10: 1441169822
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: BIO023000
    Dewey: 919.8904
    BISAC category code: HIS037070
    BISAC category code: HIS046000
    BISAC category code: HIS051000
    BIC subject category: RGR
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.5
    BICMainSubject: WTLP
    Illustrations note
    25 bw illustrations
    Publisher
    Continuum Publishing Corporation
    Imprint name
    Continuum Publishing Corporation
    Publication date
    02 December 2010
    Publication City/Country
    New York/US
    Review quote
    'This is a valuable book, and Huntford enriches the fascinating diary entries with his own expert analysis and insight into polar history.'--,
    Biographical note
    Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: the Dramatic History of Skiing, Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and biographer of Shackleton and Nansen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.
    Table of contents
    Timeline; Maps; Introduction; Diaries; Conclusion; EpilogueBibliography; Index.