Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism

by StephanieBarczewski (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $34.21

  Covers the two 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. This book explores the evolution of their reputations and finds it has little to do with various discoveries regarding their lives and characters.