Also heading south was the well-advertised British Antarctic Expedition, under the command of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen was keenly conscious of his rival, as his September 12 diary ...

The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the ...

By January 1912, only five remained: Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans. On 17 January, they reached the pole, only to find that a Norwegian party led by Roald Amundsen, had beaten them there.

Generally considered a roman a clef,... F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Editor Scribner Book Company $29.95 (775p) ISBN 978-0-684-19160-7 Bruccoli's ( Some Sort of Epic Grandeur ...